I posted a while ago about a rattle and got some dead end answers. I have some more clues to help you master minds to solve this problem. D15A7: The rattle is on the front of my engine. The timing belt side, and possibly low but not sure because i'm driving when it happens. It seems to show up when my RPM's get low, such as a late downshift, and so on. Seems to happen when my car leans hard to the left, as in taking a hard right, but that could just be irrelevent. When the rattle shows up I usually get a puff of oil burn smoke to spew out. anything will be a great help.

 

is your timing belt cover on? i just did my engine swap and dropped a socket down there next to the timing belt but luckily it got caught on it and i could just pick it up. hopefully nothing fell down there? its a newb answer i know, but its a try :D

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CivicUtah &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is your timing belt cover on? i just did my engine swap and dropped a socket down there next to the timing belt but luckily it got caught on it and i could just pick it up. hopefully nothing fell down there? its a newb answer i know, but its a try :D</TD></TR></TABLE>

if something fell down there, he will not be able to drive his car because he will not have an engine.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tei344 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I posted a while ago about a rattle and got some dead end answers. I have some more clues to help you master minds to solve this problem. D15A7: The rattle is on the front of my engine. The timing belt side, and possibly low but not sure because i'm driving when it happens. It seems to show up when my RPM's get low, such as a late downshift, and so on. Seems to happen when my car leans hard to the left, as in taking a hard right, but that could just be irrelevent. When the rattle shows up I usually get a puff of oil burn smoke to spew out. anything will be a great help.</TD></TR></TABLE>

not to familiar with your problem but it's a shot in the dark. when was the last time you had a valve adjustment? how many miles does the car have?

 

too many. 160,000 I want a new engine, but I cant afford it. just trying to make it last for cheap.

 

I could be completely wrong, but check various heat sheilds under your car. A little while ago, i got this rattle only at low rpms, turned out it was the heat sheild to the muffler (stock). A little peice of wood fixed that problem

 

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yeah, if you never had a valve adjustment in 160,000. then it might be time for one, and might be the source of your problem.

 

where exactly could I get that done and what exactly is it. could I do it myself. I have a lot of specialty tools availible to me.

 

check the fan. thats what happen to my old integra