tapping

Asked by badrsxkiller Jan 31, 2007 at 08:30 AM about the 2002 Acura RSX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

got valve work done and was wondering why im hearing more tapping than usual from the motor.

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lightGear answered 17 years ago

Clicking from the motor could come from the valve lifter. The reason that the valve lifter would click or tap would be insufficient oil supply to the valves and lifters. You may want to check to make sure that when the work was done on your valves that the valve lifters were not effected.

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Ricky answered 15 years ago

k20s burn oil like a mutha. so every time u put some gas in it check ur oil. thts the sound of the lifters not getin pumped up all the way and ur valve knockin.

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papa answered 15 years ago

put a bottle of lucus,upper cylender fuel injection cleaner in it,you may also want to go to a thicker oil,and first i would take it back to who re did the heads for a valve adjustmant.

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Ricky answered 15 years ago

did u have a problem wit the head ? or did u get performance shit done. if so wat?

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