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DAMNIT MAN, YOU'RE A GODSEND!

that was the only other major thing on this car i needed to know how to do. :bowdown: :bowdown: :woot:

after i do all this crap... ahem
3 bad engine mounts, reset others
full intake soak n clean, all other parts as well
test sensors

....easier than it looks.. i'm, as we speak, pulling the motor to repair one of the engine mounts.

after that.. i'm gonna pull the heads and replace HG and clean out tappets.

 

Got the engine running,sounds good so far, but it has a sputtering uneven idle, runs OK when I rev it and the timming marks are OK, some of the spark plugs are sooty and some are wet? Looked at the old posts for answers, leaking hoses, bleed the radiator/cooling system, distributor,spark plugs etc. Any Ideas, I'm thinking about replacing the wire harness. Some of the wires insulation is brittle and cracked.

 

you probably don't need to change the harness, but it would definetly benefit from it.

before that i'd do some sensor testing to make sure things are operating right. might narrow it down for you.

 

I got the engine to idle better but now I have a code 5 "map sensor errror", not shure what to do now or where the sensor is or connects?

 

it's all in the Factory Manual (FSM) in the Gen1's FAQ thread.

i've already printed out that whole chapter.

i believe you'll find it in chapter 6, but don't qoute me. in the FAQ thread there's also a Table of Contents link you should print out. this has the actual page numbers to find the spot you need. the FSM is in Adobe format. easy to find everything you need.

i just did the majority of chapter 6's tests. the car's runnin great. sides the Crank Sensor.. i think it's something else though.

 

Our ticking might come from uneven cylinder head torque. Look at the following article where it mentions a similar problem with a 90 Acura Integra. Read into the article to see what I am speaking of. See page 2/7

Be sure to Right Click...Zoom In.
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~pogo1/integra_bushings.swf

 

The "lifter ticking" that the G1 owners know is usally caused by dirty Tappets which had being accumuleting carbon deposits from oil or other sh*t like that this tick will come and go and on different amount of times. Each one has its own problem but the cause is the same the most and lightest form known is the "morning thicking" or the "cold start thicking" this one will go right away in few seconds or in some cases maybe a minute or more, there are several other cases but all them are caused by the same problem low maintenence poor oil and filter changes under a heavy duty use.

 

I found the reason why the engine idle wouldn't slow down, forget to put on the PCV valve cover O-ring! The engine ticking is gone too, and the car passed the smog test last week.

 

There's a permanent fix for the lifter tick, I have been around the forums for a long time and so far no one else has figured it out. Or at least if they have, they haven't told anyone just like me

 

y hold on to such treasured knowledge?
My noise went away with a simple adjustments of the exhaust valves. #3 cylinder got louder and louder and more constant. i gave them just about a 1/4 turn and VOOALA! tapping is gone.
aside from my ignition now blowing the Switch B Fuse, the engine runs even better than before

 

Whatever you say chief.
The bottom line is they have to be taken out, cleaned and pressure tested and replaced if they fail the test.
Other than that replacing them with new is the only other option to ensure a quiet motor.
As far as I am concerned there is no other way about it, if you believe you have a way of eliminating it which hasn't been mentioned (which I highly doubt) then I strongly encourage you to share it. Otherwise go away if you're not going to be a0of ny help.

 

I think its about time i replace my lifter completley.
I used to have cold start ticking, then took it for a service where they put 20w50 in, now that i have switched it to a lower grade after a week of driving it on the 20w50 (10w40 synthetic), i get no lifter tick at start up for about 30sec some times a full min, but then it ticks all the time even when warm.
It will eventually go away after about 20-30mins of driving but only at revs higher than 2.5k.

One tyre fitter i spoke to suggested getting the sump pick up cleaned out (he owned a legend) and giving the galleries a flush, said it cost him $300 and it sorted his out.

 

Pennzoil is one of the worst oil you can ever use. It does nothing but create sludge in your engine. The only thing good about Pennzoil is their advertising budget. Don't think for one minute they use the same stuff in their race cars as they sell to the public.

 

Mine ticks all the time now... gets quieter as it warms up, but still noticeable up to @2500 rpm, then it goes away until rpm's are lower than 2500.

 

^ Six words...
Drive it like you stole it. That should keep the lifter ticking at bay :mhihi:

 

my blue coupe it ticks like crazy, it sounds horrible when it's cold (like a bunch of midgets with ball peen hammers under the hood), i swear all 24 of them bad boys goin' at it. as it warms up you can hear it as each one stops, it's crazy. after it warms all the way a couple tick just about all the time until i put some stick to it and around 3k rpm it stops.

my red coupe hardly ever ticks. every once in a while on a cold morning.

 

probrably just either bad or dirty lifters . when i had my motor rebuilt at 300k + nearly half of the lifters were bad and had to be replaced.

 

Yeah, i'm in the process of the additives, flush, add more... blah blah... thinkin of gettin one them JDM's w/low miles...

 

if anyone continues reading this thread, here's my situation.
I have tried Seafoam in my crankcase, and that pretty much did nothing. My car has 360k so i didn't really want to go with a thin oil, but i tried it.
It was quiet for the first couple of days, but the ticking came back. I went back to 20-50 and once again trying 5-30, no luck.
Now, i tried raising my rpm's to 4500 for a quarter mile to raise the pressure, and the ticking went away for part of the trip on the freeway. Once the pressure dropped, the ticking came back.
Working on a 90 Legend, how would i checking the oil pressure?
i believe the only lifters making noise are those in cylinder #2.

 

Changed a BHG last year and took the lifters out and cleaned them by soaking them in parts cleaner. A year later still no ticking.

 

My car used to make a lot of ticking noise until I replaced the valve cover gaskets then it only did it when it was cold then I replaced the oil pan gasket and my car hasn't made one tick since I think air was escaping through the bad gaskets and causing the litters not to be bled properly. And I use 10w 30 oil cause it's thinner and I think it flows better but that's just what I think.

 

Actually 10w-30 is thicker. And changing the gaskets has nothing at all to do with the lifters. Engines have air in them all the time, they are not a vacuum.

 

My car made a ticking noise until I replaced the valve cover gaskets And the oil pan gasket now it's gone.

 

I had all mine replaced. Sounds great now, just pricey is all.