I was doing a pull on the highway, went from 3rd to 4th and got up to 135mph. Noticed the check engine light flash but go right off, then I got off the throttle. Everything seemed fine. Drove and sound fine. Next mornig I hear this clicking, like louder than a valve tap. Checked oil, it wa little darker than usual and was a little low. Added the oil. No smoking out the exhaust. Just the loud clicking. I checked the dip stick and there specks on it. It's been to cold to drain the oil to see just how much stuff is in the oil, but def. something on the stick. What could I be looking at?

 

What was on the dipstick? Was it metal?

 

[QUOTE=rdeezy78;41123190]I was doing a pull on the highway, up to 135mph.


wow on the public roadways!!!!!!



change your oil and do a compresion check

 

135 on the highway proves nothing 10.5@135 on the track would be alot more impressive but thats just me

 

i dnt think he was trying to prove any thing except the fact that he was getting on the car when something happend and the fact that he was not on a track lol (not smart mr )

 

Exactly. Thanks. It looked like little black specks that could be medal. I haven't really disected what I found on the stick. It didn't smell burnt or any gassy fumes. I'm figuring if it's light enough to float high enough to be on the stick with a moroso magnetic plug that it may not be medal. But I guess it could be too.

 

besides the the ticking sound how does it run ? idle crappy?

 

It idles crappy at startup, then smooths out after it warms up a bit. Like a minute or so. But it was like that b4, because it's so cold here.

 

is there an oil pressure guage in that car ?

 

probably knock sensor going crazy... Good job!

 

there is no knock sensor on the car...

 

How was I supposed to know...???

 

yeah, the oil pressure guage is at like 60-70 and stays there even at idle until like 30 mins of driving, then it drops to like 40. And then rises and lowers during driving. The car went from 5w30 to 10w30 too full synthetic.

 

Eventually I'll try to get it up to you. I haven't had a chance to drain the oil to see what's in it yet.

 

how are you going to tell him good job if you didnt know. ?

 

Because the only time I have ever seen a CEL flashing is when there are misfires occurring...

 

any other possible ideas or suggestions on how to safely diagnose without tearing it up more or disassembling the whole motor?

 

cel set as a shift light perhaps and that coming on is just a coincidence to the engine noise from tearing it up and possibly a bad tank of gas

 

I run nothing but 93 from the same gas station since 04'. Haven't had a bad tank yet. cel light is not set as shift light.

 

did i miss something, or did you not post the engine family or car?

Sounds like its in the head, not much is going to tick in the block.Pull the VC and check for visual indicators, most likely you wont see anything so check the valve lash and do a compression test.

Make sure its not an injector, read your plugs

 

forgot about the CEL, but if the engine is making noise than make sure its mechanicly sound before you worry about the phantom CEL

What managment system?

 

gotcha, I'm running Neptune eprom.

 

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could b bent valve same thing happen 2 me 2 weeks ago i threw a valve still ran n all but valve was bent a lil

 

it finally warmed up enough to get outside and actually pull the valve cover and drain the oil. The oil is a little darker than usual for short amount of time it was in the car. Doesn't really smell like anything but oil. A small amount of stuff on the magnet. No more than usual. So I'm a little optimistic. Getting to to pull the valve coer. The motor is a b18c1 with a b16 head for the guy who asked earlier. I'll keep you all posted on my findings.

 

you see, doing that 18c block and b16 head, is where you we wrong, im not saying ti was a bad idea, i know EXACTLY what kind of power thats pullin off, you see strokes sooo different, your piston tops are commin so close to thos valves, ide do a full compression check with motor in car befor pulling, i bet theres your problem