I just got a 95 Contour with the 2.5V6. On day one it developed a "clicking" sound which I am pretty sure is a valve. On day two, the AC went out. On day three, the water pump went. The belt is new and all the pullies are turning. There also wasn't any heavy junk in the crankcase which might account for the clicking sound not showing up when I first got the car. In addition, the clicking sound dissapears when the temp gauge gets to the "A" in NORMAL. My instincts tell me that the clicking sound is, in fact, a valve (I have no idea how to adjust the valves on an OHC engine, though). My wishfull thinking side is hoping that the sound is coming from the water pump itself, although I'm not sure how that would be possible. Anybody had anything similar happen to them? I am not looking forward to either paying a mechanic or working inside this car's non-existant engine bay.
