well a couple days ago my valves started ticking, so today i tightened them and when i was had got it all back together it sounded fine, no ticking, and when i started driving it, it started ticking again but not as loud as before, and the the motor is a D16Z6.

Thanks for any help you guys can give me

 

Sounds like your lmas

 

Check your Lost Motion Assemblies

 

thaks guys, im new to honda's, so if anybody can think of anything else please say.

Thanks.

 

Did you let your car sit for at least a day before you tightened the valves?
Your engine need to be cold before you do valve lash. What happens is if you do it when it's warm is once you start driving metal expands under heat and it will change the clearance

 

no i did it when it was just a little warm, i had read before i did it that you didnt want it to cold or to hot, but ill try that tommarow. i guess ill look here first next time lol

 

keep the help comin guys i really thank you

 

Yea cuz when it's warm the metals already expanded so whatever clearance you do when it's cold it's gonna change it. I usually leave the car for at least a day before I do it

 

And it can't be lma's cuz you said the ticking went away after you tightened them. Lma's tick all the time but one way to find out if it's your lma's drive in VTEC and see if it still ticks. If it does it's valves if ticking goes away in VTEC then it's lma's

 

ok i will try that, but like at idle it will only tick around 2500-3000 and stop, but when im drvin it tick at 3000 on?

 

Maybe your just not hearing it? Especially if your cars loud but the tick gets louder as RPM goes higher

 

well i tried driving in vtec and it still ticks, and my lma's are good, but i am the second owner of the car and the guy said that it had over heated once before, but not for long, the fan came unplugged but do you think that could have worped the head a little bit, and over time it has just took its toll on everything?


Thanks for the help

 

id go back and redo the valves when the car is totally cooled down.

 

yeah thats whats i was goin to try next, but if that doesnt work, idk what, i quess a new head.