vvl sounding kinda noisy

[firehead..]

tuners ah need sum help here...ah have ah question.....

is the sr20vvl a relatively quiet engine or iz it not so silent as compared to a regular sr20?....reason im askin iz that i fine when mine idleing d tappets or sumthing sounding kinda loud...does anyone know a good mechanic who iz good with these engines for when ah hadda do stuff or run into problems in the future?.....

the noise im hearing is like a ticking noise....

[X_Factor]

^^ when last u change ur oil?...

[Dragsta]

the noise im hearing is like a ticking noise....

that could be ur injectors pulsing

[THE SYNDICATE]

Good points X_Factor and Dragsta

[Langdon]

change oil or try a treatment

[THE SYNDICATE]

^^^personally i wouldn't put a treatment......the oil chang yes,but no treatment.WHY?

Cause the SR20 works with something like 10/30 oil and thing,thats a very thin oil,the treatment does thicken the oil so that will defeat the whole purpose of usin the thin oil in the first place!

Don't get me wrong,the treatment is good,but i would not use it in my SR20.

My $0.02

[boogy]

Oil change, clutch release bearing gone bad, pulsing injectors check all these!!

[spliffington]

tuners ah need sum help here...ah have ah question.....

is the sr20vvl a relatively quiet engine or iz it not so silent as compared to a regular sr20?....reason im askin iz that i fine when mine idleing d tappets or sumthing sounding kinda loud...does anyone know a good mechanic who iz good with these engines for when ah hadda do stuff or run into problems in the future?.....

the noise im hearing is like a ticking noise....

does these engines come with adj tappets..if they do it cud be the valve clearance (valve lash) needs adjusting..or if you hear it wen the engine is cold it would be the injectors pulsing..

[THE SYNDICATE]

tuners ah need sum help here...ah have ah question.....

is the sr20vvl a relatively quiet engine or iz it not so silent as compared to a regular sr20?....reason im askin iz that i fine when mine idleing d tappets or sumthing sounding kinda loud...does anyone know a good mechanic who iz good with these engines for when ah hadda do stuff or run into problems in the future?.....

the noise im hearing is like a ticking noise....

does these engines come with adj tappets..if they do it cud be the valve clearance (valve lash) needs adjusting..or if you hear it wen the engine is cold it would be the injectors pulsing..

I think the tappets are hydraulic and they are self adjusting......

[blackNshine]

lifters

[krack korn]

no lifters in this engine breds if u want to adjust the clearance u need to change shims

it is a mechanical valve train. not a lot of ppl in trin can do this for u correctly and it ent going to be cheap. put a sound dampener on bonnet and call it george.

thicker oil will help but will slow down the engine and waste gas.

make sure the noise is from the head and not from the bottom end, get a real mechanic to verify its not rod knock or something else first. If its 'ticking' is most likely clearance but always good to check if u don't know for sure.

[THE SYNDICATE]

^^^^Good info bro!

[Sheriff!]

sr20's known to make funny noise after a while!