philosofy1

this weekend i went ahead and did a valve adjustment. the car runs alot better i must say, but there is still some type of valve tapping. i thought when an adjustment was done it gets rid of this?

when i'm around 3K i can still hear the vavles tap. is it just me? or are honda engines (especially DOHC) like this? do i need to re-adjust?

allricedout

yeah.

philosofy1

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yeah?

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which one?

Padawan

Are you sure that what you're hearing is valve noise and not the injectors (which are quite loud)?

jeffsciv23

maybe you need oil? lol

philosofy1

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the engine is a B16A, i know the injectors are loud because when i shut the car off they're the las thing i hear, but i didn't know they can make a tapping noise? can they?

like i said, around 3K (like when i'm idled in 3K)it's alittle noisy. after 3K it's quite quiet.

philosofy1

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just did a oil changeon sunday, along with the adjustment!

thanks though

allricedout

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which one?</TD></TR></TABLE>

sometimes the valve spring retainers wear down and get burnt but it wouldnt make that much of a difference.

when i had my GSR engine my valves made the same ticking sound.... i adjusted the valves like 3 times but after i talked to a few sources, they said it was perfectly normal, and nothing to worry about.

philosofy1

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sometimes the valve spring retainers wear down and get burnt but it wouldnt make that much of a difference.

when i had my GSR engine my valves made the same ticking sound.... i adjusted the valves like 3 times but after i talked to a few sources, they said it was perfectly normal, and nothing to worry about.</TD></TR></TABLE>

cool!

thanks fellas

onesikdb8

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Agreed....listen to the injectors....unless you didn't use the correct feeler gauges when you did your Valve adjustment.

muhaMan

ya.. i just got my valves adjusted like 3 days ago and my valves are still very noisy

Padawan

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Well, it's more of a "ticking" rather than a "tapping", but people often mistake injector noise for valve noise. It should, however, be relatively constant, not isolated around 3,000 RPM.

philosofy1

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Agreed....listen to the injectors....unless you didn't use the correct feeler gauges when you did your Valve adjustment.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Well, it's more of a "ticking" rather than a "tapping", but people often mistake injector noise for valve noise. It should, however, be relatively constant, not isolated around 3,000 RPM. </TD></TR></TABLE>

it could very well be the injectors, but i notice it more around 3K since that's the rpm i usually cruise at (50-55MPH).

92ehatch

my car is the master of ticking

valves, injectors, LMA's

still runs great tho

i dont worry about it, i know the valves are in spec.

jeffsciv23

the valves in my gsr are pretty loud also