alright...so i am COMPLETELY freaking out. i have an 00 b16 in an 00 hatch running the usdm ecu. so here it is...

A. car feel like it doesn't want to go...very sluggish.
B. at around 2500-3000 what i assume are them cams get really loud...a high pitched spinning noise.
C. at idle, which is a tad high, it sounds kinda like a diesel engine...a chugging kind of sound.
D. the idle itself is a little weird...just in general.

i checked the oil, full and color and smell our good. where do i begin? i was running rich for a while with basically no o2 and now i am running without my secondary...causing a code for ONLY that. any help would be greatly appreciated. i will answer any more questions...but hopefully i covered everything.

 

anyone have any ideas...i can't even go to sleep.

 

checked valve clearance?where is the whining noise comming from?(water pump?tranny?),checked timming?
just throwing some ideas...

 

i guess i will 'try' and check the timing tomorrow...never did it before but i guess i can give it a shot. its hard to pin point the sounds because at idle only the chugging can be heard...and then its faint compared to being on the throttle. it sucks because i have to drive my car to work tomorrow...about 4-5 miles...i might just walk. is there any place you can just drive in to and get something like timing checked? other than a dealership?

 

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please explain the noises a little better;chugging?

as far as timming just go buy a timming light, its real easy to check timming and you got to learn sometime, right?

 

its so damn hard to explain noises...its not a clicking...its not a banging. it doesn't sound horrible...it just doesn't sound right. lets say the timing belt slipped a tooth...is driving it going to severely hurt the motor? i know this sounds dumb but i have already driven it about 7-10 miles since it started.

 

well if it slipped a tooth, thats lots of cam timming change(if i remember right about 22 degrees).i would check that right now

 

if you dont have an o2 sensor hooked up, or just one out of the 2... your car will run rich, sometimes the idle fluctuates up and down

 

check valve clearances, and time the motor. the timing being really retarded could cause a horrible bogging all through the rpm band.

 

whats the easiest way to check the timing?

EDIT: and how about the driving part...should it definitely not be driven?


Modified by 2000CX at 6:34 AM 9/3/2003

 

with a timing light.
and i dont know, the sound could be nothing
it could be serious