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Ticking from vavle covers but disappears

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CivicEater

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when I first drove it (after hci 100 miles) not a single noise then today it sounds like the number 4 is ticking but then after a lil while it goes away ........interesting watson what would u suggest?
 

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Were you going up a hill?

Sometimes at part throttle I hear a ticking but it is always when Im going uphill. I dont really worry as it did that in stock form as well.
That probably doesn't really help you though...
 
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It is very common for rockers to work themselves loose sometimes. Chances are you need to pull the upper intake and valve covers and check them (particulary the #4) or just reset them all.
 

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Sleepy McNastee said:
Sometimes at part throttle I hear a ticking but it is always when Im going uphill. I dont really worry as it did that in stock form as well.
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That sounds like detonation to me .....
 

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I hear very light ticking from mine... Maybe the TFS rockers are just noisy? and my sound is coming from the same side as yours. When I go to do the turbos, i'm going to readjust the rockers and see if that makes it go away.
 

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Rel said:
That sounds like detonation to me .....
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It wasnt detonation. That is more of a clanking evil sound. Usually happened when it was 110* outside and I started the car after letting it sit for only a few minutes. Believe me, threre is a huge difference.
 

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Rel said:
That sounds like detonation to me .....
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It wasnt detonation. That is more of a clanking evil sound. Usually happened when it was 110* outside and I started the car after letting it sit for only a few minutes. Then only under hard acceleration would it detonate.


Sorry for double post.
 
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