nobb91 New Member 14 Member For: 8y 22d Posted 26/04/16 12:01 PM Share Posted 26/04/16 12:01 PM Was wondering if anyone has any idea what this clicking sound could be? noticed it when my car was idling the other day while I was at a friends. Thanks IMG_0807.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 26/04/16 12:55 PM Share Posted 26/04/16 12:55 PM Ticking noise up top is the injectors. Totally normal. Your idler pullies sound pretty ordinary though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,292 Member For: 16y 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 26/04/16 01:30 PM Share Posted 26/04/16 01:30 PM pulleys sound farked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMeUp Member 1,045 Member For: 15y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 27/04/16 06:15 AM Share Posted 27/04/16 06:15 AM (edited) The two pulleys that get noisy are easy enough to replace. Photo guide (search on here for BA8A617A if the link doesn't work): You also need to replace that missing coil cover bolt. If any water goes on top of that coil cover then it will go straight through that hole and into one of the spark plug recesses. Resulting in coil cover, etc, having to come off to get the water out. Car will run on 5 cylinders if water gets down there. Edited 27/04/16 06:18 AM by PhilMeUp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobb91 New Member 14 Member For: 8y 22d Posted 27/04/16 09:06 AM Author Share Posted 27/04/16 09:06 AM 19 hours ago, Ralph Wiggum said: Ticking noise up top is the injectors. Totally normal. Your idler pullies sound pretty ordinary though. is it really? I am sure the sound wasn't there before and just randomly has appeared. anyway to fix? 19 hours ago, k31th said: pulleys sound farked... yeah going to have to get the car looked at again since the last mechanic thinks everything was normal *sigh* 2 hours ago, PhilMeUp said: The two pulleys that get noisy are easy enough to replace. Photo guide (search on here for BA8A617A if the link doesn't work): You also need to replace that missing coil cover bolt. If any water goes on top of that coil cover then it will go straight through that hole and into one of the spark plug recesses. Resulting in coil cover, etc, having to come off to get the water out. Car will run on 5 cylinders if water gets down there. okay you talking about the missing headbolt? thanks for your inputs everyone much appreciated. hopefully take it to a decent mechanic that will be able to work it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobb91 New Member 14 Member For: 8y 22d Posted 27/04/16 09:33 AM Author Share Posted 27/04/16 09:33 AM rocker cover bolt* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 27/04/16 09:34 AM Share Posted 27/04/16 09:34 AM Have you changed brands of fuel recently? Re the coil cover bolt, I wouldn't stress about water ingress unless you are regularly fording flood waters or intentionally introducing high pressure streams of water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobb91 New Member 14 Member For: 8y 22d Posted 27/04/16 09:56 AM Author Share Posted 27/04/16 09:56 AM 15 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: Have you changed brands of fuel recently? Re the coil cover bolt, I wouldn't stress about water ingress unless you are regularly fording flood waters or intentionally introducing high pressure streams of water Yeah current tank has 98 and last tank had 95 otherwise always ran it on 98 myself. okay so dont worry to much about the missing bolt? not to keen on water getting in there. need to take it to a mechanic and get a good proper check over bought the car pretty cheap and keen on some mods but want to make sure the motor is okay before start forking out the $$$ thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMeUp Member 1,045 Member For: 15y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 27/04/16 01:11 PM Share Posted 27/04/16 01:11 PM 3 hours ago, nobb91 said: okay so dont worry to much about the missing bolt? not to keen on water getting in there. There's no problem with the missing coil cover bolt unless water gets sprayed on top of the engine. I wash my engine bays every few months (ie each car) so for me it's all about stopping water getting past those bolts. I've found that heat-proof o-rings do fairly well at that. The way that water will get onto your motor is if some workshop person washes the engine bay (or you do). If you've got a 5mm allen key then consider grabbing the bolt from the rear right hand side (ie middle of the photo below) and putting that in instead. What's underneath the coil cover - six coils. If water gets past the coil cover then it goes into the holes. Then you have to remove the coil cover and get the water out. I know a little bit about this. More photos here if you're curious about what's there: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobb91 New Member 14 Member For: 8y 22d Posted 27/04/16 01:24 PM Author Share Posted 27/04/16 01:24 PM alright cool thanks for the photos I might have a go this weekend and just make sure no water has got in there and that all the 6 rubber plugs are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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