New Marauder Owner

[Shannon's04]

Hello I recently purchased an 04 Marauder with 106,000 miles on it & I love it but I am not familiar with these vehicles & how they sound. I am hearing what sounds like engine knocking noises when I start the car & the engine is cold. The noise is not as loud once the engine warms up. I am hoping to find some Marauder owners in the Austin Texas area that I could hook up with. I would love to see your vehicle & would love to hear it run so I can compare it t mine. Any help would be great plus I would love to know/meet other Marauder owners in the area. Thanks & have a Blessed Day...

[EAZY03MARAUDER]

Congrats dude i wish i chould sleep n my car lol

[Ozark Marauder]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=83932&highlight=engine+knock

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42376

A few threads.........

OZ

[lji372]

:welcome1: to the modness:beer:

[Raleigh Marauder]

:welcome1: to the modness:beer:

^I see what you did there... ;)

[Curless]

Welcome to the machine...as for the noise, if its only during initial start up its probably normal.

[L.Mark]

HOw do you say, welcome and run at the same time...:run:

[guspech750]

Hello fitness friend. And welcome to the peep show of all peep shows.


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[IwantmyMMnow!]

Welcome aboard! Make plans now to attend Marauderville 11 in Atlanta 19-22 Sept.

I'm certain the MM peeps in your area will be more than happy to help you out. Did the previous owner maintain your car well? First thing I'd do is a tranny fluid exchange.

There are lots of little 'nuances' about our cars...the remedies/fix actions can be found on this site and/or told to you by the MMers in your area.

Congrats on your purchase and hope to meet you at MVXI!

[Dre1842]

A great vehicle......Welcome to the site..........

[Shannon's04]

Thanks for all of the input. I guess I will keep an eye on the noise & hope it's somewhat normal. I just don't like not knowing & waiting for something to fail. I took it to the dealer & they replaced the timing chain guides that were broken & that fixed one noise but the other noise is still present. Guess I will wait & see how it goes.

[Guittard22]

Welcome to the site - if you can make a YouTube clip of the motor running I am sure members on the site could help you a little better to maybe know what issues you may or may not have .

[DS650]

:welcome: this is a great site as I have learned a lot about the cars from here.

[RacerX]

"Timing chain guides that were broke"... Did they change the oil and filter after? If not, I would take that oil filter out and cut it open to see if there's any tiny aluminum flakes.