[Euro] Engine tappet noise

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Originally Posted by Matell

I notice it with the engine both hot and cold, and it was still there after the adjustment at 40,000km.

If you want to try to feel the pulses so you can settle it in your own mind, you may find that the pulse of one is carried to the other via the fuel rail. In that case if you have a stethoscope (or improvise one) you should be able to isolate the noise from one specific injector.

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Yup, I've been told to do the screwdriver stethoscope trick to hear it. Well, it's just shocking as a 12 year old f22a CD accord is more silent than my car, and that one has missed its valve adjustment twice already.

I have a strong fealing matell is right about this. But I'm just like you aaronng when i hear slightly louder than usual or strange noises, always try to get to teh bottom of why... hopefully the info being shared in this thread will help us get to the bottom of it.

that's LOUD
but when I first get the car, it is just so quite without any tick tick tick noise from the engine. But after I bring my car to track, noise start to come out. Well it is far not as loud but it will be after few more track days i think =)

I had a listen to the clip, and mine is almost as loud! I've got 38k on the clock, and I will do a valve clearance adjustment when I do my 40k service (if it helps). I've never tracked it, and nor do I redline it (well, very rarely anyway) But I thought it was only my car making such a loud noise - so I'm not alone! hehe ;)

I'll compare the sound of my car today and see how much louder or quieter it is. I have a similar noise i think.

That's a lot of clatter! It sounds like a diesel!

I know I still don't have a lot of km on mine, but it doesn't sound ANYTHING like that...

doesn't sound good dude..... it's like 3 times louder than the tappet noise caused by mobil 1 on my car.

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Originally Posted by petsfact

doesn't sound good dude..... it's like 3 times louder than the tappet noise caused by mobil 1 on my car.

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What year is your car? The sound is coming from the injector area.... not the valve cover though.

i heard a similar ticking noise on my car today too... not sure if it was louder than usual though. So we're still unsure whats causing it?

If the tappet noise goes away once the car is warmed up I personally wouldn't worry about. Aarong what is your oil level at?

my car is early 2004, it only have tappet noise after putting in mobil 1 10w-30 but i swear the car feels so much better before it's service which had feo in it.

and yeh, it goes away after 15 minutes highway cruising so i am not too worrying about it.

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Originally Posted by yfin

If the tappet noise goes away once the car is warmed up I personally wouldn't worry about. Aarong what is your oil level at?

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My noise is on all the time. Cold or warm. Oil level is normal. When checking when cold, the level is at the maximum dot. When warm and letting the oil drain down for 3 minutes, it's about 1mm below maximum.