it sounds like a rough metal to metal ticking sound...it always starts and the car seems to be running fine but it is just a very out of the ordinary sound and i have no idea what it is....any suggestions??????

 

well open your hood and see where its coming from, it could just be a worn belt. im not sure what the valve ticking sounds like when u f*ck em over. . but i think that would effect your performance so. . .

 

vavle tick sounds just like what it is. Just a light tick noise during idle. It's not really that loud, but it's noticable.

 

yep, and when you apply alittle gas the ticking goes by faster

you might wnat to do a valve adjustment

 

Its your valvetrain..you're going to need an adjustment done.I had the same problem.

 

it only does it when its turning over and it whenever it comes off a rev it almost bounces off 0rpms and it even died once tonight while driving

 

Could be a valve problem. Does the ticking stop when your motor warms up?

 

has the car overheated lately? after i overheated my old prelude the valves would tick like crazy


Modified by bobbo at 5:51 PM 6/30/2003

 

no i don't hear any ticking after it starts runnin... and no it hasn't overheated recently...

 

with a motor like yours, i'm surprised you havent even thought of doing a valve adjustment. jun3's with bumped compression are no joke. you need to monitor that crap constantly and do a valve adjustment at LEAST every 5k miles to be safe. do that and see if the ticking goes away.

 

i had a similar metal on metal noise in my old civic ex, sohc vtec baby, lol, but it ended up i spun a berring on the crank and the piston was almost contacting the head, the symptoms were a flickering oil light, drop in rpms, it would stall and made an ocassional pinging noise, not to scare ya, just my .02.

 

my car also ticks. i can hear it at idle, and when my car is moving you can still hear it, and it speeds up. i always thought getting a valve adjustment would fix this. i dont know if i am losing power from this, or if it just makes a ticking noise. how does one do a valve adjustment? can someone do it themself or is it necessary to have a shop do it? sorry if that doenst make sense..

 

Injectors tick

 

well i found out the loopy idle was from the timing belt and i got that tightened up and its good to go now....and i got a different starter and it took care of the grinding sound and now there is just an 1 raspy metal to metal sound(only when it is turning over)car runs fine once its actually started...and i checked out the valves and they're ok...i also came out to my car today and it was completely dead(battery had zero fluids) fixed the fluids and it barely got started up...came out later that same day..car was completely dead again(fluids full)..had to get a jump and car barely started....went and got battery checked out and it is ok....so now i am officially lost as to what it is???????HELP ME OUT GUYS

 

inspect the bearings

 

check the oil

 

hey, my car does that too, that damn ticking noise... umm how would you get a valve adjustment..? would you have to have someone do it for you or can you do it?

 

oil pressure is good when it gets running and i haven't inspected the bearings yet but wouldn't the car run like **** once it got going if it was the bearings?

 

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You can do them yourself just make sure you have a clue what you're doing and have a helms handy (not haynes or chiltons). If you're not a do-it-yourselfer then bring it to the dealership. I think they charge like 80-90 for it.

 

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My CRX w/D15 made a similar sound at cranking after overheating.
It went on for a couple of months like that, I didn't worry till one day the water pump blew apart. Now whenever I start it, it sprays coolant all over the bottom of the engine bay. haha

 

a car can run perfectly fine with a rod knock. rock knock can be minor and still hear it and the car drive like normal. it will eventually get worse over time and eventually s*it metal in your engine if thats the problem...

 

well i finally found one of the problems and it was the metal piece that connects the battery fuse to the actually battery cable was broken so there was a weak connection going on there so i'm gonna go junkyard hunting in the morning and hopefully take care of that....i'll let you know how it goes

 

well the problem was i had a 92 starter on a 98 block and the starter stripped my flywheel....but luckily for me the people at comptech hooked me up w/ a free replacement and got another starter for 100 bucks...runs like a champ now