Ok this may seem wierd. When I am sitting in the car with the windows up at idle, i car hear a ticking, not just the noise of the valves that is normal to a b16. If I open the hood and listen I can't hear it at all. I did do a 5th gear to 2nd gear **** up and also turned the cam gear around when the timing belt was off, but I'm hoping its not a bent valve. Any ideas?

 

Does the ticking get louder from idle to around 3k then go away as you rev higher? I have this problem and was told it was caused by bad Lost Motion Assemblies (LMA's). Very common to b16a's, especially first gens.

 

i might, i dunno i just figured i couldn't hear it anymore due to my exhaust. It doesn't seem to get louder though.

 

mite need a valve job

 

im gonna be pissed if i need new valves. They were just replaced.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by doublejz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im gonna be pissed if i need new valves. They were just replaced.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if they were just replaced, then maybe they need to be adjusted?

its not that expensie to get them adjusted...actually it shoudl be free if u had them replaced by sum1, bu if u did it it wont cost u that much.