Clicking noise from the engine?

1976 PONTIAC FIREBIRD
90,000 MILES • 5.7L • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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JOHANFREDHOLM
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Clicking noise from the engine when driving over 50 miles/h. If I slow down it disappears after a while. Friends say it could be a broken flex plate. What do you think?

Regards, Johan Fredholm
Feb 22, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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STRAILER
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Yes, it could be. Can I get you to upload a short video from your phone so I can hear the noise? I have also seen the oil pump pick up become clogged and starve the engine of oil which sounds like what might be happening as well. Here are new guides we just published you can go over to see if any of these problems makes sense:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/understanding-and-repairing-engine-knocking-noise-an-in-depth-guide

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/causes-and-fixes-for-engine-tapping-sounds-in-cars

Please go over these guides and get back to us.
Feb 22, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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anything?
May 11, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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