just put in a new longblock b18b1 and i hear ticking noise from the spark plug hole nearest to the distributor and very slight ticking from the furthest to the right of the distributor. why is it doing that? its louder if i press in a little on the spark plug wires. also when i would touch the spark plugs to the distributor i would get shock also. so what are the causes for this? the thing is the car runs perfect tho. just want to know what is wrong before something major comes up

 

From what I gather it sounds like you are getting some arching. Have you changed the wires lately?

 

arching??? never heard of that haha. i used the old spark plugs that were in the motor before. b18a1 motor was the motor in it before

 

anyone???

 

Funny you posted this. I had recently swapped my Magnacor wires for OEM Blue NGK wires. At first I got those ticking noises too. It went away after a couple of days of driving. wierd.

Yours might go away too. Let us know.

 

So true.

 

so its eventually going to just go away?

 

Not sure. Just wait couple days.

Could be that your spark plugs are loose? Torque them to spec. Try that.

 

remove the distributor cap and check to see if there is powder inside the housing. if so this could be why it is ticking and it also means the dizzy's bearing is starting to go.

could also be loose valves, check them

 

hopefully its not loose valves!!!

 

^ hope it is, because that is an easy and free fix

 

it sounds like arching to me to

 

what is arching????

 

its when the spark is hitting on somthing other then the spark plug..like if the plug wire or boot came off of the spark plug

 

ahh i ithink mine is arching then cuz i got the same thing but on 2 of my spark plugs im missing the bottom

 

Update? Still making noises?

 

Do a tune up. Change your dizzy cap, rotor in side the cap. and plugs. Maybe wires also. If its still there, I agree with TOO MUCH TORQUE, ticking valves.

 

sorry no updates yet. my wife daily drives the car i will check up on this this weekend