Car problems...any ideas?
Okay, so in the last two days, my car has developed a weird grinding noise while I'm driving.
While in 1st gear, and only in first gear, as the revs pass through 2000-2200 RPM, there is short, but not particularly loud grinding noise that occurs. It doesn't occur in any other gear, and if I get the car to change gears before reaching the mark, I don't get the noise.
I'm pretty confused by the fact that it doesn't happen at any other RPM's or in any other gears.
I've learned from previous experience this summer to pay attention when something makes a sound out of the ordinary, but the problem is that I have just replaced the alternator (about $700) and the fuel pump (over $900), both of which my parents payed for. They are also buying me a new mattress set, so I've spent about 2g's in the past three weeks.
I really need my car this week as I'm moving to Omaha, and then two weeks later. Like seriously, no fooling. I won't get my student loans until the 22nd, when I'll have enough money to pay for any repairs on my own.
Does anyone on GC have an idea, of what might be going, how much it might cost to fix, and how long I can keep driving with it before I get it fixed. Having had my car die on me twice in the last three weeks is just too big a hassle, and given the amount of time I'm going to be on the interstate the next couple of days I don't want to have it die someplace really inconvenient. (I've been really lucky so far in where it has died).
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