engine noise

I have an '03 Protege 5 with close to 170k miles on it. Just the other day i was leaving work and decided to floor it out of the parking lot without letting her warm up. There's a KandM intake on her which sounds pretty good so thats what im always used to hearing. However, after flooring it i...

so recently after i was in a rush speeding home the next day when i switched my car on and wanted to drive there was a weird knocking sound in the engine bay are and also when i put my foot on the gas alittle theres theee zzzzzzzzzz sound but that has beeen there for ages now .. the problem is...

Hello 247 Its been getting quite cold here lately(-5/-10 C) and im experiencing a ticking noise from the 1.3 lt engine that disapears as soon as the engine gets up to temperature. I was thinking it might be a valve thing, bit considering the fact the this model uses a timing chain, im more...

I have a 2003 p5 with about 123,xxx miles on it and just the other day after driving over a small bump on the road something sounding like an exhaust leak was heard from the front of my car. It was strange as I always drive over these kinds of bumps/roads in the northeast, and it has never...

how hard is it really to install a turbo on a non-turbo '02 protege? arent they all made to have turbos? and can i just get a small turbo kit off ebay? also are their any mods i should do on my engine before install? pleaase help!!

Around 6 weeks ago, the engine in my Axela SP23, developed a ticky clicky rattle while driving up a slight hill. By the time I'd pulled over and checked things weren't happy, the engine had ratted itself apart. Later that day we found two broken spark plugs. One plug had completely lost its...

Great car, bought one for my wife and liked it so much that I got one all for myself. BUT - MINE makes a knocking/rattling engine noise accelerating normally between about 1500-2000 rpm until reaching normal operating temp. Both cars are new with only 300 miles on each. Dealer says its an...