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spray2020
02-12-2015, 02:13 PM
Hi all,

I just purchased this car, as I have been searching very hard to a two tone.

The engine has a tapping noise, and I want to know if it is a engine knock or the lifters? Car has 200k miles.

After talking with Rustys14 on here, he recommended that I post a video in this section for more help.

I opened the valve cover and can see that the timing belt and guides have been changed very recently. I haven't checked the oil pan to see if any pieces from the old broken guides (if any) are stuck in there.

The car doesn't smoke either, or overheat. I drove it home for a about an hour, but it didn't seem to want to go over 2k rpm easily, however I wasn't trying to push it over that either.

Here are photos from the timing belt/guides when I checked:

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m547/CodyCasale/guides5_zps5f133653.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/user/CodyCasale/media/guides5_zps5f133653.jpg.html)
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m547/CodyCasale/guides4_zpsb5d50bdb.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/user/CodyCasale/media/guides4_zpsb5d50bdb.jpg.html)
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m547/CodyCasale/guides1_zps130d5b28.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/user/CodyCasale/media/guides1_zps130d5b28.jpg.html)

And here is a video of the car running. Please note that it might be louder than usual as I changed out the aftermarket header and exhaust it had for stock, and there might still be exhaust leaks here and there- there were bolts missing on the manifold.

video:

http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v347/it066yen/240sx%20video.mp4

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/it066yen/240sx%20video.mp4 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/it066yen/240sx%20video.mp4)

I am looking to save it if I can, but if it is really messed up then I will want to swap it out for another single cam.

thanks,

Cody

Rustys14
02-12-2015, 03:31 PM
I was hoping you would take a video of the engine while its running lol. It sounds more like a stuck lifter then a knock to me from the outside though.

Is the engine shaking idle or is it running smooth?

spray2020
02-12-2015, 03:40 PM
I was hoping you would take a video of the engine while its running lol. It sounds more like a stuck lifter then a knock to me from the outside though.

Is the engine shaking idle or is it running smooth?

sorry I didn't take the video a friend did!

no the idle is smooth, not rough