Valve Tap

[CivicSi04']

i know what it is and for the most part why it happens but im not sure what it sounds like nor how to prevent or get rid of it. heres the story. i know hondas all have that distinctive sound to them and yes i may be making something out of nothing but i was before changin my oil last week i notice that the car seemed to be making this tapping sound. so i revved the motor a lil from under the hood to get a better feel for what the sound was. to me it sounds like a tapping or clicking. it goes away above like 3k and u can here it more when the rpms are going down, aka when u let off the gas, i dont know what this is or if it is normal. i cant remember what my other honda motors sounded like so i just wanna make sure its nothin out of the ordinary.

so my questions are
1)what does valve tap sound like?
2)does it happen in only one cylinder, and only on one valve or does it affect all of them.
3)how do i prevent it?
4)and four what do i do if i have it?

thanks in advance for all the answers.

[Smooth_Imports]

Are you sure it's not your fuel injectors?

[B18bEK]

Listen to see if the sound is coming from the distributor. My car did the same thing, and i replaced the rotor in the distributor and it stopped. The noise was distinctly coming from the distributor on my car.

[Smooth_Imports]

Originally posted by B18bEK@Apr 1 2005, 04:04 PM
Listen to see if the sound is coming from the distributor. My car did the same thing, and i replaced the rotor in the distributor and it stopped. The noise was distinctly coming from the distributor on my car.

dude i have the same shit right now. I broke that little cover the covers the coil and everytime the rotors is mving it like clips the edge of it and goes click click click lcik

[CivicSi04']

Originally posted by Smooth_Imports@Apr 1 2005, 01:22 PM
Are you sure it's not your fuel injectors?

y what would that affect

[CivicSi04']

Originally posted by B18bEK@Apr 1 2005, 05:04 PM
Listen to see if the sound is coming from the distributor. My car did the same thing, and i replaced the rotor in the distributor and it stopped. The noise was distinctly coming from the distributor on my car.

so that would be the left side of the motor. how much would this cost and what should i be listening for?and how hard is it to do it

[Bryan_M]

this is crazy...i heard the same type of sound for the first time yesterday in my teg. and we all have the ls engine...weird.

[Smooth_Imports]

Originally posted by CivicSi04'+Apr 1 2005, 04:55 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CivicSi04' @ Apr 1 2005, 04:55 PM)</div>

y what would that affect[/b]

It doesn't affect anything but as injectors get older the pulse noise gets louder. tap, tap , tap, tap, tap , Distro rotor click click click.


On a real not those. Get a stethoscope (sp) (doctors listening thing) And move it around to pin point the sound your hearing.

[NstyGrnHatch]

Originally posted by Smooth_Imports+Apr 1 2005, 08:20 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Smooth_Imports @ Apr 1 2005, 08:20 PM)</div>

It doesn't affect anything but as injectors get older the pulse noise gets louder. tap, tap , tap, tap, tap , Distro rotor click click click.


On a real not those. Get a stethoscope (sp) (doctors listening thing) And move it around to pin point the sound your hearing.[/b]

im with mike on this one, go to autozone pick up a stethescope, and listen to where the sound is coming from, put the tip of it on the valve cover if the noise is from inside there your valves need adjusting, if its comign from the dizzy, etc, etc

[CivicSi04']

Originally posted by NstyGrnHatch+Apr 2 2005, 10:15 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NstyGrnHatch @ Apr 2 2005, 10:15 PM)</div>

im with mike on this one, go to autozone pick up a stethescope, and listen to where the sound is coming from, put the tip of it on the valve cover if the noise is from inside there your valves need adjusting, if its comign from the dizzy, etc, etc[/b]

i was thinking about that, its like 10 bucks at sears so ill get it there, only thing about the motor is im jsut to 50k so would it be normal for the dist, and injectors to be noisy already?