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Old 12-18-2008, 07:23 AM
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... what this is?



And what it means when it makes a clicking sound.
Old 12-18-2008, 07:46 AM
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That would be your purge solenoid for your EVAP system... and it's supposed to make a clicking sound.



I had the same question a few days ago because I'm having some problems with my evap system and I thought the clicking was abnormal haha
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Hmmmm. I guess I just never noticed it until yesterday...
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lol...I just eyeballed that under my hood yesterday too... I just kinda shrugged my shoulders and said "whatever"
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just emissions garbage
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yes, it does make an annoyingly loud clicking noise when the engine is running and the hood is up...I thought it was a knock at first and then I took a closer look and was like wtf is this?! thank god for cherokeeforum.com!
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yea i used to think that was one of my lifters ticking in my tj- but i found out its part of the evap system. lol
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we riped out of a ranger it still runs great
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