| captain nismo |
Like the title says. Just recently(last wednesday), my 89 240sx started to make a weird noise. The sound is coming from the engine bay, and it sounds like a clicking. The clicking occurs in unison with the rpm of the engine. Ex. as i accelerate, the clicking gets faster. Its fairly loud, as i can hear it with the windows up and the stereo playing low. Some guys on NICO think it might be the timing chain. Any other ideas out there guys?
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Chris |
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| 2003specv |
| Fucked valves or slight exhaust leak. Just my guess. |
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| SRBURG13 |
| Possible Timing chain, or, when was the last time you checked your oil??? |
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| DeathBy240 |
Does it rattle loud on start up? If so probably timing chain, but its more of a rattle than a click. My '89 240 clicks with the RPMs of the engine, heres my link from NICO. Hope it helps. I think its the valves in my car, but I'm dropping a new KA in soon....
http://www.nissaninfiniticlub.net/forums/s...&threadid=30679 |
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| 1mns13 |
| Most likely valves |
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| TylerH |
| Check your oil Chris ;) |
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| captain nismo |
| ok, :wtf: The noise went away all day yesterday and part of today, and then it came back loud and strong. Should i just take it in to see wtf is going on? |
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| SRBURG13 |
| I would assume so. Probably safer than sorry. |
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| sil_eighty |
| take your oil cap off and stick your index finger in and try to reach the front where the timing chain is....if u can move it.... :crying: chances r your chain guides broke... |
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| 180sx |
| more info !!!where is it coming from?? underthe valve cover??? front of the engine ??back??/ top??? bottom? and yah first of all check your oil make sure its not on low...!!! cuz it gets really loud if you are low on oil. |
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| sil_eighty |
| no way the timing chain is a hard one to come buy if u haven't experienced it before......the sound bounces all over the engine bay....... |
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| captain nismo |
| Well heres the update. The sound was getting louder and like Sil80 said, it was very hard to pinpoint. I added 2 litres of oil today and the noise has ceased for now. I hope that was all i had to do :fingersx: |
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| sil_eighty |
| did u check yoru chain yet or what? |
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| DeathBy240 |
| Is it burning lots of oil? |
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| BlueTurboEGG |
I hate to be the one to say it, but I think it is a spun lower bearing dude...
but if I heard it, I could pinpoint it.
The chain will almost NEVER have problems unless it snaps, then it won't make any noise.
Adding oil stopped the noise huh?... Hmmmmmm. |
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| sil_eighty |
| u ever owned a ka24e andy..... :P trust me you;ll here when the chain guides are broken..(made of plastic) the chain slaps aginst the timing cover...and if u leave it long enough it'll wear through something... :angry: the chain is the part that rarely ever breaks |
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| TylerH |
| the engine likes to tick when it's low on oil......real low on oil |
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| BlueTurboEGG |
Ah, the chain guides. Forgot about those damn things.
Well, hopefully you've fixed the problem. |
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