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so i was driving about 30 mph and i heard this knocking sound. so i got to my firends house and i pop the hood and its coming from the cam gear side. when it idles it also does it and gets a lil loud.

now i got my oil changed 3K ago, and i checked my oil and it was low, so i put a pt. of oil in it and it got a lil better but it is still doing it. but when i was look under the hood the car was on and i look insdie my car and its started to over heat a lil. the needle went 3/4's of the way and then came back down 2 times. hasnt done it since. i never over heated beofre, and never had any problems. any idea what this could be? thanks

 
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Check the valve lash.

 
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where and what is that?

 
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how many miles on the car?

 
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what about any oil leaks?

 
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i just hit 50k. and i do not have any type of leaks....not that i have seen..everything seems fine...runs fine..idk. i think im going to go to the shop and see if they can take a look at it beofre i blow something up.

 
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welcome to the world of turbos

 
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thanks...as much as i love my turbo i have a bad feeling its going to cost me a crap load of money. which i want to avoid. so i hope everything its not too bad.

 
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good luck with everything mr. t28bb. Let us know how things went

 
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well you should have oil somewhere on you engine or tranny or somewhere or at least be smoking from the exhaust. try taking off the piping going to the IC and check for oil there. there is no way that you can't have no smoke or oil anywhere. If your losing oil then it has to be going somewhere.

 
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rigth i totally understand it has to be going somewhere but i hae no clue where. theres none on the ground or in the engine bay or tranny. its not leaking into the antifreeze. i dont see smoke coming out of the exhaust but the normal stuff. doesnt smell like its burning oil. im puzzled.

 
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what kind of knocking is it? Is it more of a clack clack clack clack that gets faster with rpm or always stay the same?

or more of a tick?

 
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clack clack clack and gets faster when rpms go up. i mostly hear it when the car is at idle. when my car is idling around 700 to 850 rpms its not as loud, only when the rpms rise its gets louder. thats what my v-afc says, is that normal for a turbo's car?

But i meani put a qt. of oil in and it went clack clack and hasnt did it since, and i drove to work and back then back up to central jersey. so i put about 120 miles today and its been good. i check the oil its fine. it still has the same power didnt lose anything, its got its pull to it still. no lose of power.

i was parked for about 5 mins and i was talking to my cuz and i looked to see what color my exhaust was and usually its black i guess with a lil white tint. today it looked like it had a blue tint. that could be cause im running a lil rich. but i have no clue if that has anything to do with it but the more info you have someone has to have a clue. ive only had this turbo setup since november, so still kinda learn the fine detail about this.

sorry so long

 
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I know what that sounds like and it ain't good

 
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rod? some bearings?

 
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hehe, he went turbo and dosen't wanna spend money...................that's like dating a hot chick and never taking her out anywhere.

 
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bearings don't clack

 
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I would almost put money on the valves simply needing adjusted, unless it is burning alot of oil.

 
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i havent had time, ive been busy. it will be done this month..

 
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didnt you say you knew what it could be, so what is it? if you know.

 
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Is it coming from the bottom end or valvetrain?

 
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valvetrain. but ever since i put oil in im ok. no more noise.

 
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if you saw blue smoke, that means its burning oil. running rich is like gray/blackish smoke. I put my turbo on 2 days ago and I have no knocking at all. My missing link was making it idle and run like **** so I took it off and it runs great with no cel's.....and I don't understand why. I though the missing link was required, but it just makes it run crapy. Anyways, any knocking is bad for any kind of motor, n/a or boosted. and you shouldn't need a valve adjustment at 50k unless you drive the **** out of it all the time which will screw it up real quick. and if its loosing oil and there are no leaks on the motor, the only place it can go is out the tail pipe, which means you are burning it. sounds like you need some new rings on your pistons or seals on your valves, sucks to be you dude...lol. and given that you are burning oil and have knocking noises from your engine at 50k, I think its safe to say that you screwed your engine up and its going to need some serious work. How many psi are you running?, how do you drive it?, and did you upgrade the fuel to handle above 4psi? the stock fuel can only handle 4 max, that's what I am running until I get money to upgrade the fuel system.

 
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Oh, what weight oil are you using. I'm running 5w30 synthetic. you may want to try going up to 10w30 if you haven't already. that will slow the consumption/leaking of oil.

 
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I've heard that synthetic isn't a good idea for our turbo'ed cars ... via catalyst

 
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I wonder why he thinks that. synthetic doesn't break down under heat as much as organic. and the turbo puts the oil through more heat. synthetic also lasts longer. I have used syn. in both my vehicles and my parents use it too and all the vehicles run great on it. it comes out cleaner when you change the oil too.

 
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im running 6psi, i dont beat the **** out of it...i drive it normal..i use 5w20.

 
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i cant talk right now but when i gte home from work ill answer everything you wrote to be better..thanks

 
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you need to go to 5w30 or 10w30 asap. the 5w20 crap is too thin after the engine gets some miles on it. and the extra heat of the turbo doen't help the thin oil either. Here is a link to the "7thgen fuel fact"

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=173609

 
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yeah i know i wanted to get new injectors and get e-manage by the end to this month. and tune this thing up..then i think it will be better..