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I took my car for the periodic service today and made it a point to ask one of the mechs about the ticking and the electric hum from the throttle body. The short answer was, they're both normal. A bit more detail: Apparently the ticking sound that is heard immediately after the ignition is turned on for a couple of seconds is the car doing a "power on self test". Mainly the ABS, EBD etc. The sound from the throttle body is heard from the electronic throttle as I suspected and it's normal and disappears after the car has been started. Hope this helps. A friend of mine who recently went to inspect a Lancer EX was concerned about the ticking noise and called me from where he was inspecting the car and asked me what the hell the noise is and if it's normal. He bought the car after I advised that it's all normal.

Thank you iRage. This is really getting interesting. I couldn't help imagining the scenario asking a lady passenger to "lift clothes"

Went to check the shocks and they turned out to be fine. So I finally decided to listen to my dad and went to the place that he goes for the alignment (auto wheel center in walana). I too used to go there but switched to so called sophisticated computerized places as the old place did not have any fancy gizmos. They too checked the alignment, wheel distances and it was fine. Baffled by my issue, the guy took the car for a test drive. Within 500 meters he told me that he knows the issue and went back to the shop and ask his technician to change the camber on the right front wheel. (It was adjustable as the hole had been made bigger earlier) Also there was a slight tilt in the steering even after car care adjusted it and this guy corrected it perfectly without a fuss. After that all the pulling issues were solved and the car drove perfectly. These guys did the job that car care, pitstop and Sanka failed to do with all there so called state of the art machines(though care care was way better than the other 2). So moral of the story is, no fancy machine can substitute the sheer experience and you have to listen to your parents at least when something goes wrong And never ever go to pitstop those idiots told me that they cannot center my steering coz there computer says it is correct They said having load in the rear made the camber problem more evident and that's why I experienced the pull when the rear is loaded Thanks guys for taking time to help me on this