Engine clicking

[bazooka joe]

(cool) ...........darn heat shields!!

 

[gregrego]

my neighbour had a rock stuck between his heatshield and hit exhaust pipe that only rattled under certain frequencies or rpm's since i power washed the rock out its gone away, sounded like his gear box was gunna explode

 

[gregrego]

Mine also sounds nothing like Yelo's. It's not near that loud, and it's more of a pronounced tick, like you can hear each revolution of the engine.

i have that tick, sounds like just a regular sticky valve tick or something, i dont feel its anything of concern or.. is it... (shocked)

lift the hood and hear a tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, rev the engine and it just kinda blends into the engine sound (uhm)

 

[blackp5]

Get ready to do this..

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123633316&page=1http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123633316&page=1

I had ticking sounds also until it died.

 

[gregrego]

my goodness! all that for some little ticking!? looks like im gunna start saving up!! what are the approximate costs so far for you?

 

[Kansei]

it could just be an exhaust leak. If its a rod bearing it'll sound like metal on metal (take a screw driver and tap it rapidly on the valve cover...thats what it sounds like)

My best bet would be exhaust leak or heat shield rattle.

Open the hood and rev the motor with the throttle cable bracket on the throttle body and see if you can better isolate where the noise is coming from in relation to the motor.

Good, I'm glad someone said this. Don't worry the guy with blowing his engine when it could easily just be an exhaust leak. I know I have a little leak with that weird gasket between the header and midpipe because I still have the stock one and it got really beat up being removed from the original manifold. It sounds just like what has been described.

 

[nate0123]

if the ticking gets faster with RPMs and is primarily audible under acceleration, it's probably an exhaust leak

 

[blackp5]

if the ticking gets faster with RPMs and is primarily audible under acceleration, it's probably an exhaust leak

Could be rod bearing. My car made the sound when I started it and also when I accelerated into higher RPMs.

 

[Rac3rX]

Could be rod bearing. My car made the sound when I started it and also when I accelerated into higher RPMs.

Just to double check. To make sure the different issues are clearly seperated by symtoms..

The sound you were talking about from when you f-ed a rod bearing, was this sound evident ONLY when the Engine is under load?(Like when in gear) or is it audible when reving out of gear, also would it be audible with the car in gear & the clutch engaged? During what RPM range was the sound audible?

When reving the car with the throttle cable (If audible at this time) where would the sound be comming from?

 

[blackp5]

Just to double check. To make sure the different issues are clearly seperated by symtoms..

The sound you were talking about from when you f-ed a rod bearing, was this sound evident ONLY when the Engine is under load?(Like when in gear) or is it audible when reving out of gear, also would it be audible with the car in gear & the clutch engaged? During what RPM range was the sound audible?

When reving the car with the throttle cable (If audible at this time) where would the sound be comming from?

In the beginning, the sound would only come when I started the car and pressed on acceleration. Eventually, the sound would be louder when it was just sitting in neutral. The sound sounds like it was coming from the heat shield area.

 

[Rac3rX]

Here is a sound clip with my hood up from last year, I was hearing a sound, but only under engine load that I havnt heard since I installed my headers. I didnt hear anything out of the ordinary when just reving the motor and at idle.

Do you hear anything out of place in this clip of the engine sound from under the hood?? (Keep in mind the shot from the exhaust is with a 4 inch tip I have since replaced with a 3.5" it was busted and had a little flute sound to it) & I had a wrench and my silencer on my pass seat and when I drive for a bit they bang into eachother.

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/just+a+tast/0/12B4ED4F-0875-4EF7-9461-5EB6FBBA2C7B.htm

 

[blackp5]

Here is a sound clip with my hood up from last year, I was hearing a sound, but only under engine load that I havnt heard since I installed my headers. I didnt hear anything out of the ordinary when just reving the motor and at idle.

Do you hear anything out of place in this clip of the engine sound from under the hood?? (Keep in mind the shot from the exhaust is with a 4 inch tip I have since replaced with a 3.5" it was busted and had a little flute sound to it) & I had a wrench and my silencer on my pass seat and when I drive for a bit they bang into eachother.

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/just+a+tast/0/12B4ED4F-0875-4EF7-9461-5EB6FBBA2C7B.htm

Your ticking soudn from the first part of the video in the engine bay sounded different from what I had. I had those clicking sounds when my motor was running good. My was louder and it sounded like metal on metal.

 

[Rac3rX]

Your ticking soudn from the first part of the video in the engine bay sounded different from what I had. I had those clicking sounds when my motor was running good. My was louder and it sounded like metal on metal.

I was hoping it would be just the regular engine sounds, reading some of these threads about N/A blocks with busted rod bearings you get a little paranoid.

Im looking for the engine cleanser your suposed to run the car on for 100 to 250 miles then flush it out with new oil. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant locate it or what its called.

I dropped in some CD2 Oil detergent & I put some Injector cleaner in the gas today as first steps.

To be on the safe side, Im going to run a flusher through the motor and drop in new oil after I run the car with the engine cleanser.

Ive seen a few products that are oil additives that are suposed to strenthen the internals, any info on those? I know its Not like forging, but stuff to add a little strenth to the medal or something like that. (Ill get more details on the Product my next time at the shop)

And Im going to drop in some redline mt90 tranny fluid when I can find some at a good price.

Any help would be apreciated.

 

[aMaff]

Im looking for the engine cleanser your suposed to run the car on for 100 to 250 miles then flush it out with new oil. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant locate it or what its called.

Sea Foam? and I would run it as little as possible with that stuff in w/ the oil, it dilutes it.

I dropped in some CD2 Oil detergent & I put some Injector cleaner in the gas today as first steps.

To be on the safe side, Im going to run a flusher through the motor and drop in new oil after I run the car with the engine cleanser.

Ive seen a few products that are oil additives that are suposed to strenthen the internals, any info on those? I know its Not like forging, but stuff to add a little strenth to the medal or something like that. (Ill get more details on the Product my next time at the shop)

New oil is a good step. When you change it, check for metal shavings in the old oil (cuz it would be weird for there to be metal in the new oil 0.o). That'll give you a pretty clear indication as to if anything terminal is going on. If you haven't done a "thorough" oil change in a while, let a little new oil drain through the engine to clean up any debris that may not have come out w/ the old oil.

And please please PLEASE stop beliveing everything you read / see. If you were to read credible information, it all says that very VERY few aditives will "clean" your oil. In fact, most of these additives break down / dilute the oil. While you think you're helping your car, your actually hurting it. I have my serious doubts abt any fluid that caims to strenghten internals. Stop throwing your money away on stuff like this, stick w/ the stuff that's been proven to work (tv ads do not count as proof. Magazine ads even less). Just my .02

And Im going to drop in some redline mt90 tranny fluid when I can find some at a good price.

Good idea. It won't help your engine noise problem, but still a good idea. I know pep boys carries royal purple tranny fluid, and I'm prolly gonna do that in a few months (when I get to see my car again).

Any help would be apreciated.

hope I helped.

 

[Rac3rX]

Sea Foam? and I would run it as little as possible with that stuff in w/ the oil, it dilutes it.

No thats not it at all, thanks for the geuss though.

New oil is a good step. When you change it, check for metal shavings in the old oil. That'll give you a pretty clear indication as to if anything terminal is going on.

Yeah, Im always on the watch for those, I havnt had any yet (And hopes that continues)

And please please PLEASE stop beliveing everything you read / see. If you were to read credible information, it all says that very VERY few aditives will "clean" your oil. In fact, most of these additives break down / dilute the oil. While you think you're helping your car, your actually hurting it.

I havnt done anything of the such. Oil as you may know has NO cleaning proporties in it and the oil gets dirty, there is sludge and varnish to deal with.

Here is a review of the product I used, and as a means of cleaning out the engine it works quite well.

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/reviews/CD-2OilDetergentAdditiveReview.htm

As I said this is a first step.

I have my serious doubts abt any fluid that caims to strenghten internals.

Ill have to grab the info on the product but I wouldnt be suprised if there IS something that helped, lets leave that untill after we have more info on what is in question.

Stop throwing your money away on stuff like this, stick w/ the stuff that's been proven to work (tv ads do not count as proof. Magazine ads even less). Just my .02

Stuff like what??? Im asking questions not throwing away cash, dont make assumptions that Im grabbing everything off the TV, Ive done nothing close, on the Product for strenthening the engine medal I only aked a question and we already went over the fact it would be better we get more info on the product before disscussing its validity.

Good idea. It won't help your engine noise problem, but still a good idea. I know pep boys carries royal purple tranny fluid, and I'm prolly gonna do that in a few months (when I get to see my car again).


hope I helped.

What Engine noise problem??? Do you hear something out of the ordinary in the sound clip of my engine, if so what?

 

[protegeric]

I read through most of the thread and didn`t see much on this. My car taps or ticks at idle then stops when I rev a little. Under load: nothin. As far as I know, there are no metal shavings in my oil pan. I haven`t pulled the pan off, but never seen anything when I drain it. My other Mazda had problems with the hydraulic lifters and I`ve had them replaced in my other Mazda. Think it could be my lifters? I`m guessing the FS-DE lifters are hydraulic.

mine makes the tapping noise at idle..then i hit the accelerator and it goes away. i think people said it was something to do with somekind of vaccum line, but i have no noise at higher RPMS

 

[Rac3rX]

I read through most of the thread and didn`t see much on this. My car taps or ticks at idle then stops when I rev a little. Under load: nothin. As far as I know, there are no metal shavings in my oil pan. I haven`t pulled the pan off, but never seen anything when I drain it. My other Mazda had problems with the hydraulic lifters and I`ve had them replaced in my other Mazda. Think it could be my lifters? I`m guessing the FS-DE lifters are hydraulic.

Does it sound like my engine in the sound clip?

 

[protegeric]

that little background tapping that`s hardly noticable in the clip? yeah kinda like that. it`s a distinct tick or tap. consistent and even, not erratic.

Does it sound like my engine in the sound clip?

 

[Rac3rX]

that little background tapping that`s hardly noticable in the clip? yeah kinda like that. it`s a distinct tick or tap. consistent and even, not erratic.

I wouldnt worrie Our engine is loud especially with a aftermarket intake.

Chalk it up to Reg engine noises.

People who have had eithor issues with rod bearings & or heat sheild rattles & or exhaust leaks have had more troubling sounds comming from under the hood. None of witch are aparent in the clip (Thank GOD!!)

But Keep in mind your listening to a young engine it had only like 26000klm at the time and only has 37000klm now. On top of this the First 10000klm the engine NEVER SAW ABOVE 4500rpm.

 

[protegeric]

from owning a Mazda before, I was attributing it to reg. engine noise. i expect a Mazda to sound like a sewing machine. But, it`s a little bit loud, so I was a little worried. my motor has under 49,000 miles. Well, would I have more noise under load if it were a bearing or something more serious? I dont really have any noise under load.

I wouldnt worrie Our engine is loud especially with a aftermarket intake.

Chalk it up to Reg engine noises.

People who have had eithor issues with rod bearings & or heat sheild rattles & or exhaust leaks have had more troubling sounds comming from under the hood. None of witch are aparent in the clip (Thank GOD!!)

But Keep in mind your listening to a young engine it had only like 26000klm at the time and only has 37000klm now. On top of this the First 10000klm the engine NEVER SAW ABOVE 4500rpm.