{"id":11341,"date":"2019-03-29T11:07:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T15:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/?p=11341"},"modified":"2019-03-29T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T15:19:56","slug":"engine-tick-or-squeak-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=11341","title":{"rendered":"Engine Tick or Squeak Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some 2011-2015 Volt; 2011-2016 Cruze; 2012-2019 Sonic; 2013-2019 Encore, Trax; and 2014-2017 ELR models equipped with the 1.4L 4-cylinder engine (RPOs LUV, LUU) (Fig. 17) may have a tick or squeak noise from the upper engine area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11331\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F17-spark-LUU.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F17-spark-LUU.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F17-spark-LUU-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F17-spark-LUU-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F17-spark-LUU-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to performing intrusive engine mechanical testing or component replacement, check for loose or improperly torqued spark plugs. (Fig. 18) A spark plug that is not torqued to specification may generate a tick or squeak noise that may be difficult to isolate.<\/p>\n<p>The spark plug torque specification on the 1.4L engine (RPOs LUV, LUU) for the identified models is 25 Nm\/18\u2009lb.\u2009ft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11332\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F18-spark-plug-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F18-spark-plug-1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F18-spark-plug-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F18-spark-plug-1-85x55.jpg 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/F18-spark-plug-1-200x130.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Thanks to Raymond Haglund<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 2011-2015 Volt; 2011-2016 Cruze; 2012-2019 Sonic; 2013-2019 Encore, Trax; and 2014-2017 ELR models equipped with the 1.4L 4-cylinder engine (RPOs LUV, LUU) (Fig. 17) may have a tick or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11342,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11341\/revisions\/11342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}