When ever I drive my car I hear a ticking noise that increses in loudness the higher the rpms. It usually sounds really loud when I first turn on the car. Its a first gen b16a. can any one help??

 

Valve adjustment, or bad lma

 

what is a lma??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mdiym13 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what is a lma??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Lost Motion Assembly. Its part of your valvetrain.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mdiym13 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what is a lma??</TD></TR></TABLE>lost motion assembly....it's part of your valvetrain. Honda incorporates these little shock absorbers to keep the vtec rockers in check when they are not being used...when they go bad they don't cushion the rockers and the rockers tap themselves to death on everything



Modified by builthatch at 9:49 PM 6/1/2005

 

what will happen to your motor if you keep on driving with bad LMA?

 

Premature cam wear and ticking noises.

 

also check your oil..

hopefully its not a spun bearing

 

Cars will seize with spun bearings 99% of the time. If it is a bearing you are hearing, its not spun yet, but could be on its way. Sometimes you can 'feel' a mis-aligned bearing through the clutch pedal. Sometimes.

 

oh..yeah i meant crushed bearing good info^^^