'89 90Q - clicking/ticking time bomb?

[Huw Powell]

> I have a 1989 90Q with about 190k miles I bought last spring.
>
> it has the following intermittent ticks/clicks:
>
> two separate, usually only one, right under the left dash speaker.

that is where the seat heater control units are - any chance of it being
one of them?  They click on and off as the thermostat asks them to.

> also, the is a loud tick that is INTERMITTENT that seems to come from the
> bell housing.  I don't think it's the crank, maybe in the tranny. I can't
> tell.  Car drives fine.

"single" random ticks or a steady ticking that occurs randomly?

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Huw Powell

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