Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
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Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJXXLnL2jWI
It clatters only at normal operating temperatures. But it is very quiet when cold starting. seems like its comming from the timing cover the loudest..
It clatters only at normal operating temperatures. But it is very quiet when cold starting. seems like its comming from the timing cover the loudest..
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
Could be your timing belt adjuster. Take a screw driver and hold the plastic end to your ear and touch the other end on the engine valve cover. The closer you get to the problem the louder the sound will come throught the screw driver.
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
Yep, that's the infamous timing belt tensioner rattle. When the tensioner fails it lets the tensioning pulley hit the cover. Mine's doing that too.
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
Oh I see.. So I just replace that? How much are those things?
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
lol mine not that bad yet...
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
$170 at a Canadian dealer.
2004 Subaru WRX Silver, stage 2, minty interior.
2002 Subaru WRX Blue, SOLD (best E test numbers I've ever seen)
94 MX-6. Sold
92 GS KLZE 5 Speed
96 GS 5 speed, KLZE, Sold
95 GS Minty Shape Sold
92 GS Sold
92 GS Parts Car scrapped.
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2002 Subaru WRX Blue, SOLD (best E test numbers I've ever seen)
94 MX-6. Sold
92 GS KLZE 5 Speed
96 GS 5 speed, KLZE, Sold
95 GS Minty Shape Sold
92 GS Sold
92 GS Parts Car scrapped.
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
You can also do this: http://forums.probetalk.com/showthread. ... +tensioner if you don't want to buy a brand new one.
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
post a wtb. Some people sell theirs for 60 bucks. Like, I would sell mine for 60 bucks if you need one.
Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
I think it could be the hydraulic lifters under the cam cover. It happens on a lot of mazdas. There is an oil additive that you can get to stop the noise in New Zealand but i dont know about elsewhere. It has happened on my car and as soon as I added the oil stuff they stopped rattling.
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
Thanks all. I read somewhere too that it might be the cam friction gear?
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
I would most definitely say it's the timing tensioner.
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No sir, this is it:
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Re: Can someone diagnos this sound for me please?
Thanks SuperK.. Wow that looks complicated to change.
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