levey
08-19-2005, 04:51 PM
Ok.
I posted a question about my engine at another forum. The response I got was great...but I've only visited the forum a few times...and have come to trust the experts here with any technical question I could think of. So....I'll ask again.... to see what you guys think.
I have a 2.4 liter twin cam. Ever since I've owned the darn thing...there has been a slight ticking noise coming from the engine. Now....I don't know about you.....but that bothers the hell out of me. Plus....the car seems to run rough while in park, on a down hill slop. The engine also seems to run rough when the heater or AC is on...which I'm told.. is normal.
After doing a ton of research...I thought I nailed it down to the timing chain tensioner. So I posed a question at the other forum. I was told to do the "ear to screwdriver" test....to see if the ticking was coming from there. But it wasn't. The ticking was coming from the areas pointed out in the pic below. After showing the pic...I was told that I probably had noisy/bad injectors.
Anyway...I listened to every reachable part of the engine... and I can only hear the ticking in the areas below.
Do you think I have bad injectors? If so....How hard is it to change the injectors? (novice here)
Should I bite the bullet, and take it to a shop?
Ps. If my spelling is messed up....excuse me. I'm having a few beers. Hey...It is Friday night. :lol:
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Here is the pic. This is where I hear the ticking noise.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Levey/Picture1723.jpg
I posted a question about my engine at another forum. The response I got was great...but I've only visited the forum a few times...and have come to trust the experts here with any technical question I could think of. So....I'll ask again.... to see what you guys think.
I have a 2.4 liter twin cam. Ever since I've owned the darn thing...there has been a slight ticking noise coming from the engine. Now....I don't know about you.....but that bothers the hell out of me. Plus....the car seems to run rough while in park, on a down hill slop. The engine also seems to run rough when the heater or AC is on...which I'm told.. is normal.
After doing a ton of research...I thought I nailed it down to the timing chain tensioner. So I posed a question at the other forum. I was told to do the "ear to screwdriver" test....to see if the ticking was coming from there. But it wasn't. The ticking was coming from the areas pointed out in the pic below. After showing the pic...I was told that I probably had noisy/bad injectors.
Anyway...I listened to every reachable part of the engine... and I can only hear the ticking in the areas below.
Do you think I have bad injectors? If so....How hard is it to change the injectors? (novice here)
Should I bite the bullet, and take it to a shop?
Ps. If my spelling is messed up....excuse me. I'm having a few beers. Hey...It is Friday night. :lol:
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Here is the pic. This is where I hear the ticking noise.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Levey/Picture1723.jpg