Ap1 engine tick (in head)
04-11-2009, 08:16 AM
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82,000 miles i have owned it for the last year, no other problems... this just came out of nowhere... hasn't gotten any worse ( i don't drive the car anymore obviously). could a retainer have broke and allowed the valve to be out of whack, without actually dropping into the cylinder.
04-11-2009, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RedY2KS2k,Apr 11 2009, 10:08 AM
I don't think the noise is the valve train. I'm afraid it's something more serious...
04-11-2009, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by savesday04,Apr 11 2009, 09:43 AM
Your timing could be off. It definitely sounds like a valve is hitting the top of a piston. Is the car running sluggish?
04-11-2009, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by pinoyk20,Apr 11 2009, 03:53 AM
sounds like a piston slap.
Piston Slap
BTW. My R6 made the exact same noise when I hit 20k miles. I brought it in the the dealer and they said that my main bearings were toast because of oil starvation. It was a problem with the 06 model. Have you checked you oil? Do you change your filter every oil change?
04-12-2009, 06:59 AM
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well the only thing i can think of as far as bad oil is, i did my last oil change b4 winter and the car was only driven a total of 300 miles in the last 3 months.. i wonder if the oil may have broken down? or something? i was using mobile 1 full synthetic 10w-30... filter was also changed had around 2000 miles on previous change and prob added 3/4 quart throughout that time... thanks for the help guys. i really would like to diagnose the prob. b4 i have to pay someone one to start ripping into the engine...