Very Loud chatter from the Head, not lifter tick

[JOLTY TacoMan]

Last night I was driving and my head started making this awful noise that sounded like it would after bleeding all the lifters, it drove fine but I immediately pulled over and had it towed home. Just took the valve cover off and everything looks fine. Any clue what it could be?

 

[92AWDHX40]

Could be lifters, sounds internal in the head if its making a noise, hard to say but very well could be head issues.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Video?

 

[Colt4G63 also]

Maybe there's no oil.

 

[DSM1G90]

Maybe there's no oil

What I was wondering.... Oil screen suddenly got plugged up dropping pressure like crazy ..

 

[cherrymane]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMQfQwdyNXo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
my car is doing the same thing check it out... Im stumped

 

[Sepison]

HMM mine sounds similar something going bad?

 

[TSicktalon]

I frequently forget to tighten my cam gears to spec and they raise hell and remind me. I know, potentially disastrous...

 

[Sepison]

I have a single cam still the same or something else?

 

[TSicktalon]

Oops, didn't notice the 2.4. You could still check and make sure everything is tight. Single cams have a cam gear too.

 

[Sepison]

yes Thanks! I am however looking into getting a 2.0 complete block soon!!

 

[DSM1G90]

Belt stretch ...

So much slack in the belt that is causing free play between crank sprocket and cam sprocket ,esp on the free (left) side of the belt, making the two sprockets not run in absolute time.

Bet, if you threw a timing light on the crank pulley, the timing mark on the pulley is dancing around all over the place.

Bet if you replace the belt, that clatter goes away.

Good luck - DSM

 

[turbotomBoost]

it may be something touching the fan possibly the clutch assembly. Is it an after market clutch?

 

[cherrymane]

its the balance shaft bearing!!!!!

 

[Fubar231]

Time for a balance shaft delete then

 

[chaclark83]

A failed timing belt tensioner can cause that sound. The belt makes the tensioner arm slap.

 

[Bo0sTdTsI]

If it sounds like its coming from th head take the valve cover off and inspect it thoroughly for anything that looks damaged or downright wrong.

 

[JOLTY TacoMan]

Update.
Thought one of my lifters could have collapsed so I replaced all my lifters with 3g's, started the car and got the usual chatter. After the lifters filled everything sounded super smooth. Drove it around a full night and put maybe 25 miles on it. Then next morning I went to leave for work and would hear an intermittent chatter or scrape type noise. Then the frequency increased. Then suddenly it was back to non-stop loud chatter. Now the cars back at the house and I'm dumbfounded. I can make a video of the noise and post it up later.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

Maybe there's no oil pressure.

Fixed

 

[JOLTY TacoMan]

Stock oil pressure gauge was reading fine, but that's not saying anything . How would I go about testing this? I don't understand why it would run fine for a night, then gradually come back.

Also timing belt, timing belt tensioner, idler pulley, and balance shaft belt were all replaced around 10k ago.

 

[DSM1G90]

Course, using 3G lifters, being having the larger opening, will change the pressure of the oil to the lesser since there is more oil flow allowed.

 

[JOLTY TacoMan]

So turns out it wasn't even in my head, it was my power steering pump that was creating all the ruckus.

 

[cherrymane]

wow i would bnever expect that