Video of engine noise...cam chain tensioner?
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Seems to be much louder when cold. It comes and goes, not steady. This video was taken after the car had been drive for quite a while and then sat for about an hour and a half, so it's not as loud as it was when it was stone cold:
http://shadowriders.org/trigger/IMG_0173.MOV
If you can't play a .mov file (Apple Quicktime will do it) let me know and I'll see if I can't convert it with something.
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http://shadowriders.org/trigger/IMG_0173.MOV
If you can't play a .mov file (Apple Quicktime will do it) let me know and I'll see if I can't convert it with something.
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Sounds like it, but it comes across as intermittent, not constant like I know TCT noise to be, try recording from about 5ft away.
Does it go away if you rev the engine a bit?
Does it go away if you rev the engine a bit?
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You're correct, however...it does come and go, almost like a harmonic. I ran a stethoscope around the front of the engine, near the tensioner, just after that video. Didn't really tell me much...the sound permeates the engine no matter where I touched. I'm no expert at interpreting what I hear with a stethoscope, tho. I wish there was a solid S2000 engine guy within striking distance of Cleveland. I'm not overly averse to tearing into the engine myself, but I'd want to know what's wrong before doing so.
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Thanks, Billman. Here it is as an MP3...the conversion stripped the video, but the mic was held near and around the tensioner. I moved toward the front left side of the engine as toward the end of the recording.
[attachment=78429:IMG_0173.mp3]
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Sounds like the TCT to me to be honest, especially if it goes away after you rev it, that's a card in wheels sound.
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This guy's video has a very distinctive card-in-spokes sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7galapsOo4
Mine isn't like that. It's a lot more knockier sounding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7galapsOo4
Mine isn't like that. It's a lot more knockier sounding.
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