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obsolete · 03-25-2009, 12:29 PM

I started hearing this tapping noise and it's loud enough for me to pay attention to it now. anybody know what it would be? it's coming from the front top of the valve cover, but I don't remember seeing chain guides last time i took the cover off.

YouTube - MVI 7926

slider2828 · 03-25-2009, 12:34 PM

Timining chain rattle sounds like to me

obsolete · 03-25-2009, 07:10 PM

wouldn't timing chain rattle be constant? This kinda comes and goes

Mangudai · 03-26-2009, 12:20 PM

Nvm I fail.

obsolete · 03-26-2009, 12:40 PM

so this sound is def different than the VTC Sprocket sound that's common with the s14 SR's i've been reading about? I never got to hear the clip of that sound.

debby · 03-26-2009, 12:52 PM

hi, i had this tapping noise on my KA before since i installed the oil cooler for a while, i took to the shop and they told me my engine was running too much oil and will make the oil pump weak. that's why the sound came from. and they took off the cooler for me and the sound gone. it sounds weird but it works.

so i don't know if you had the oil cooler installed or what, hope this can give you an idea.

s13tony · 03-27-2009, 10:28 AM

you know im not sure but pm me when you find out. cus im actually on my way yo my mechanic right now for the same problem lol weird huh. but any hoot if i find out ill let you know

opponheimer · 03-27-2009, 10:59 AM

your motor was a rape victim

03-25-2009, 12:29 PM	#1
obsolete Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ Age: 45 Posts: 717 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Help me with tapping noise! video inside I started hearing this tapping noise and it's loud enough for me to pay attention to it now. anybody know what it would be? it's coming from the front top of the valve cover, but I don't remember seeing chain guides last time i took the cover off. YouTube - MVI 7926

03-25-2009, 12:34 PM	#2
slider2828 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 6,040 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	Timining chain rattle sounds like to me __________________ Turn and Burn!

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Mangudai Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Posts: 656 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nvm I fail. __________________ Almost there. Last edited by Mangudai; 03-26-2009 at 02:09 PM..

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03-25-2009, 07:10 PM	#3
obsolete Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ Age: 45 Posts: 717 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	wouldn't timing chain rattle be constant? This kinda comes and goes

03-26-2009, 12:40 PM	#5
obsolete Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ Age: 45 Posts: 717 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	so this sound is def different than the VTC Sprocket sound that's common with the s14 SR's i've been reading about? I never got to hear the clip of that sound.

03-26-2009, 12:52 PM	#6
debby Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 123 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	hi, i had this tapping noise on my KA before since i installed the oil cooler for a while, i took to the shop and they told me my engine was running too much oil and will make the oil pump weak. that's why the sound came from. and they took off the cooler for me and the sound gone. it sounds weird but it works. so i don't know if you had the oil cooler installed or what, hope this can give you an idea.

03-27-2009, 10:28 AM	#7
s13tony Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: big bad monte Posts: 34 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	you know im not sure but pm me when you find out. cus im actually on my way yo my mechanic right now for the same problem lol weird huh. but any hoot if i find out ill let you know