Hey, every time I start my car from a cold start I get this werid tapping sound from the engine. After the car is warmed up, the sound isn't there anymore. Any idea of what it might be? I'm thinking maybe a loose vavle or something? Would a valve adjustment fix this problem? Also if it helps any, I'm getting about 310miles to a tank. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

what kind of engine? the LS is especially "tappy" in the morning\cold started

 

How old is your oil, when mine gets only a half a quart low and starts tapping I know its time for a change, Honda vavle adjustments can be tricky, they can be made too tight easily trying to clear up the noise and you loose good power.

 

Yea... I'm guessing its an LS engine. I have a 98 GS. Yea I think I should give the car an oil change and see if that helps. I just brought the car 2 weeks ago. Any other ideas? Thanks.

 

Had same problem with my 92 Accord LX. It's need a valve adjustment. My question is, does having unadjusted valves damage your engine?

 

Yea... I would like to know that also.

 

Yea i dont really kno much about vavle adjusments, wut happens when you dont adjust them? ive been getting a "tappy" sound to ... i was told it was that about a month ago now that tappy sound is more like a "ting" sounds sordof like a the flicking of a coin or somthing like that... is this doin damage to my car .. m i losing power or getting bad gas mileage? N would this cause me to burn oil 2?

 

my girls DA has some valvetrain "chatter" too. i've also heard that valve adjustments can be tricky which is why i haven't tried to tackle that myself.

 

yeah i just bought a 2000 gs and am having that tapping sound next major service is in 4K miles, even after i run my car it is still ther at idle, so if anyone knows what that is or how much a valve train adjustment is please let me know, thanks in advance

 

might as well do the full tune-up if you dont know the history of the car.

i would recommend getting a full 30k service done with a complete ignition tune up and valve adjust.

 

bumb cause i need some INFO

 

My car right now is at 72k. Should I do a full tune-up (timing belt, water pump, vavle adjustment, etc.)? This werid tapping sound is bugging me. I was thinking of just doing Fuel filter, Air filter, o2 sensor replaced at 75k and doing the normal full tune-up at 90k. What do you guys recommend?

 

is adjusting the valves on a higher mileage engine more difficult? because of valvetrain wear and whatnot? Say 160k miles?

 

DAMN where are all the HT Specialist?

 

@ 72k i would do the following if it were my car and because im **** about maintenance.


Oil Change w\ S2k filter
Transmission Fluid Change
Brake Bleed\Flush
Coolant Change
Clutch Bleed\Flush
PCV Valve
Air Filter
P.S. Fluid Flush
Spark Plugs
Dist. Cap And Rotor
Timing Belt W\all accessory belts
Replace OEM Cam Plug with STR Cam Plug
Upper and Lower Radiator Hoses
Valve Adjust (engine Cold) w\ new valve cover gasket

harder stuff:
Oil Pan Gasket (common problem)
Brake Master Cylinder (Common problem)
Clutch Master Cylinder (less common problem)

 

How hard is it to replace the Dist. Cap and Rotor? I've never done that before. Also I was thinking:

72k = Oil Change, Air Filter, Fuel Filter, PCV Valve
75k = Dist. Cap & Rotor, Spark Plugs, Spark Plug Cables
90k = Timing Belt, Water Pump, Coolant Change, Transmission Fluid, Cam Plug, & Vavle Adjustments

How does that time frame to do thing sound? Just got the car and don't have much cash at the moment so I'm spreading them apart. It would be great if someone can provide instructions or links to chaning the Dist. Cap and Rotor. Thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Iomega01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How hard is it to replace the Dist. Cap and Rotor? I've never done that before. Also I was thinking:

72k = Oil Change, Air Filter, Fuel Filter, PCV Valve
75k = Dist. Cap & Rotor, Spark Plugs, Spark Plug Cables
90k = Timing Belt, Water Pump, Coolant Change, Transmission Fluid, Cam Plug, & Vavle Adjustments

How does that time frame to do thing sound? Just got the car and don't have much cash at the moment so I'm spreading them apart. It would be great if someone can provide instructions or links to chaning the Dist. Cap and Rotor. Thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

http://www.team-integra.net/se...D=393

you can find cam plugs here
http://www.racingworks.com/str_cam_plug_seal.htm

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LSDC-4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yea i dont really kno much about vavle adjusments, wut happens when you dont adjust them? ive been getting a "tappy" sound to ... i was told it was that about a month ago now that tappy sound is more like a "ting" sounds sordof like a the flicking of a coin or somthing like that... is this doin damage to my car .. m i losing power or getting bad gas mileage? N would this cause me to burn oil 2?</TD></TR></TABLE>
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