i recently replaced the head gasket on my 2000 honda civic si ( with the b16a) Its making a loud clicking noise its quiet at idle but as soon as the rpms go up it starts clicking

 

Valves? Put up a video and more information. Does it sound like a slapping noise?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmSQ5vApYU here is the vid

 

I just posted a video of the noise its making? The head was taken to a shop resurfaced and all the valves were cleaned and adjusted

 

Holy! That sounds pretty bad and sure sounds like it's slapping something. My guess is valves. Someone chime in.

 

Sounds like valves to me. My guess is that you have one if not both of your cams off timing. How did you secure them when you removed the head? How did you align timing when you put it back together? Did you rotate the assembly after everything was together to make sure "all" of the timing marks were in their proper place? i.e crank, both cam gear marks? Also did you torque the head properly?

 

Timing is OFF. No doubt.

 

I aligned the timing marks the crank to the mark on the timing cover ( the one alone not the three together) and the two cams i aligned the notch between the two

 

I rotated the crank by hand twice to see if i could hear any noise it rotated freely and everything seemed lined up after i got back to t.d.c.

 

any tricks to timing a b16

 

So is it the timing?????

 

timing is way off...valves are benting... take it apart again... ur gonna see ur valves messed up


hopefully not... but thats just what i think...

 

ok it was quiet the whole time it idled we only revved it three times :\

 

Definately valves slapping the piston... Triple check your marks, either you have one or both cam gears off...

 

Yes it is the timing. You could be off one tooth on one or both cam gears. The other thing I can think of is did you check where exactly the crank timing mark was when you disassembled everything? If you were off before you took it apart and put it back together where it should have been, well then your off.