Engine: Loud Clicking (SOUND FILE)

[Ralph99GST]

I've searched on this and found nothing clear cut.. so here are my details. It is for a buddy of mine.

Vehicle in Question:
1991 Eclipse GST
150,000 miles

Facts:

Engine head was just resurfaced and had new valves installed by a machine shop
New Headgasket was used as was new ARP headbolts torqued to spec
Timing was set "perfectly" without use of a timing gun.. is this possible on 1Gs?
Car was idling perfect before this (800-1000 w/no jumpiness)

Car was driving fine, no abnormal sounds at all. Friend went to work and car sat cooled down for 5 hours. Went to go start the car up and this noise now occurs.. It increases with the revs also.

Sounds:

Below is a link to a file we recorded from a cell phone of the sounds it makes

http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h234/evoralph/?action=view&current=4c13bf59.flv

What do you think? What tests should we run... should we throw the car in the garbage?

Thanks for any input

 

[Billy6411]

You sound a little confused about everything, first you set the timing belt with marks, and then after you start the car you ground the connector for the timeing and you set the car to 5 deg, using a timing light and rotating the cam angle sensor.
There is no way to set the timing without a light on any car. timing is probiily way off causing a bad idle and it sounds liek you have a huge exhst leak somewhere and its hard to hear the rest of the noise.

 

[Ralph99GST]

You sound a little confused about everything, first you set the timing belt with marks, and then after you start the car you ground the connector for the timeing and you set the car to 5 deg, using a timing light and rotating the cam angle sensor.
There is no way to set the timing without a light on any car. timing is probiily way off causing a bad idle and it sounds liek you have a huge exhst leak somewhere and its hard to hear the rest of the noise.

It's not my car I'm just the messenger.

 

[1gdsmraider]

audio quality is kinda bad.. hard to tell.. I think it sounds like starving lifters Edit: That or an exhaust leak

 

[Ralph99GST]

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

[Redmanx3]

you need to pull the valve cover off and see if there is any oil on the top end... it sounds like there is no oil pressure mine did that same thing and now it tiks when i first start it. / or maybe somthing has clogged the oil jets....another thing check and see if the cams are still tight they may have come loss.thats just a thought..........

 

[1gdsmraider]

The only thing that keeps me from thinking lifters is the fact it doesn't do it right away. Only after a second or two does it sound like lack of oil to them

 

[phillabaum03]

Did you forget to put the down pipe on? haha

 

[boostnhard]

to me it sounds like lack of lube! hows your oil level?

 

[bob123131]

Yea sounds like my car when it is low on oil, but most likely it is just your lifters begining to tick.

 

[koko5275]

i kinda have the same problem i have a 97 gsx with a 1g 6 bolt swap but it was running NOS and it had a melted piston and i replaced the piston a cranked it up after all was said and don't know i have a clicking noise and it idea high and go's low after 10 15 SEC and then will go high again like i have a vac leak or something i know i have a mf leak cuzz one of my bolts broke off in the head could that be the reason i have the click oh and i am getting smoke inside my valve cover IM lost i got a new head and am going to put it on tomorrow and hope this will fix it but now sure so any input would help sorry to go kinda off the subject and i have very high oil pressure have not started it in a while so IM not sure if its cuzz its been sitting there for a few weeks

 

[merqury]

I'm having the exact same noise. Just started around 2 days ago in my 95 TSI. Does it come from aroung the exhaust manifold?

 

[drewvr4]

my god it sounds like a diesel...what about it not starting up first turn?

that would be the worst lifter tick ever...check the cam caps

 

[SBR Joe]

Hard to tell over the huge exhaust leak. Try rotating the CAS torwrds the front of the car about 1-2mm, see if it runs better. Seal that exhaust leak up and post another sound file so we can hear more than the John Deere on cold startup.


Joe
Slowboy Racing

 

[AWDfrank]

This is my cousins car, other details are found here.

Sorry I started this new topic, it was before I knew ralph had,so dont flame me please

http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253614

 

[anubis]

i replied on that other thread you linked to.

 

[AWDfrank]

Theirs no exhaust leak, the sound is the actual ticking noise, the car has stock exhaust all the way.

 

[gsttuner22]

thats the same problem my 2g has whenver i turn it on, except mine goes away after the car warms up...i changed the timing belt bcuz i was told that was the source of the problem...good luck to u my friend