Hi all, I recently replaced timing belt/water pump on my wife's 98
civic. I also ajusted valves clearance as well. After taking the car
for its first ride, my wife complained about a pinging noise that I
immediatly validated. I checked back the belt job - everything was
fine. I also did the valves clearance ajustement another time to make
sure everything was done well. So it is.

What happened here? Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanx.

 

By any chance does the noise go away after the car is warmed
up? Is it more like a ticking noise?

If so, all is well. It just means the valve lash is adjusted
on the large side, rather than the small, which is
preferable. If the valve lash is too small, a valve may
overheat and burn.

"doozcoopey" <jfhuot@yahoo.com> wrote
> Hi all, I recently replaced timing belt/water pump on my
> wife's 98
> civic. I also ajusted valves clearance as well. After
> taking the car
> for its first ride, my wife complained about a pinging
> noise that I
> immediatly validated. I checked back the belt job -
> everything was
> fine. I also did the valves clearance ajustement another
> time to make
> sure everything was done well. So it is.
>
> What happened here? Any help will be greatly appreciated,
> thanx.
>

 

By any chance does the noise go away after the car is warmed
up? Is it more like a ticking noise?

If so, all is well. It just means the valve lash is adjusted
on the large side, rather than the small, which is
preferable. If the valve lash is too small, a valve may
overheat and burn.

"doozcoopey" <jfhuot@yahoo.com> wrote
> Hi all, I recently replaced timing belt/water pump on my
> wife's 98
> civic. I also ajusted valves clearance as well. After
> taking the car
> for its first ride, my wife complained about a pinging
> noise that I
> immediatly validated. I checked back the belt job -
> everything was
> fine. I also did the valves clearance ajustement another
> time to make
> sure everything was done well. So it is.
>
> What happened here? Any help will be greatly appreciated,
> thanx.
>

 

By any chance does the noise go away after the car is warmed
up? Is it more like a ticking noise?

If so, all is well. It just means the valve lash is adjusted
on the large side, rather than the small, which is
preferable. If the valve lash is too small, a valve may
overheat and burn.

"doozcoopey" <jfhuot@yahoo.com> wrote
> Hi all, I recently replaced timing belt/water pump on my
> wife's 98
> civic. I also ajusted valves clearance as well. After
> taking the car
> for its first ride, my wife complained about a pinging
> noise that I
> immediatly validated. I checked back the belt job -
> everything was
> fine. I also did the valves clearance ajustement another
> time to make
> sure everything was done well. So it is.
>
> What happened here? Any help will be greatly appreciated,
> thanx.
>

 

In article <1146592349.949304.304620@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
"doozcoopey" <jfhuot@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi all, I recently replaced timing belt/water pump on my wife's 98
> civic. I also ajusted valves clearance as well. After taking the car
> for its first ride, my wife complained about a pinging noise that I
> immediatly validated. I checked back the belt job - everything was
> fine. I also did the valves clearance ajustement another time to make
> sure everything was done well. So it is.
>
> What happened here? Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanx.

Please check your repair manual and tell us whether or not your
car has a knock sensor.

You need to reset the timing.


Check these items:

It may be related to the spark plug wires or the spark plugs.

You may have a vacuum leak.

It may be related to the EGR valve.

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In article <1146592349.949304.304620@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
"doozcoopey" <jfhuot@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi all, I recently replaced timing belt/water pump on my wife's 98
> civic. I also ajusted valves clearance as well. After taking the car
> for its first ride, my wife complained about a pinging noise that I
> immediatly validated. I checked back the belt job - everything was
> fine. I also did the valves clearance ajustement another time to make
> sure everything was done well. So it is.
>
> What happened here? Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanx.

Please check your repair manual and tell us whether or not your
car has a knock sensor.

You need to reset the timing.


Check these items:

It may be related to the spark plug wires or the spark plugs.

You may have a vacuum leak.

It may be related to the EGR valve.

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In article <1146592349.949304.304620@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
"doozcoopey" <jfhuot@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi all, I recently replaced timing belt/water pump on my wife's 98
> civic. I also ajusted valves clearance as well. After taking the car
> for its first ride, my wife complained about a pinging noise that I
> immediatly validated. I checked back the belt job - everything was
> fine. I also did the valves clearance ajustement another time to make
> sure everything was done well. So it is.
>
> What happened here? Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanx.

Please check your repair manual and tell us whether or not your
car has a knock sensor.

You need to reset the timing.


Check these items:

It may be related to the spark plug wires or the spark plugs.

You may have a vacuum leak.

It may be related to the EGR valve.

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Unfortunatly, the noise does not go away when engine becomes warm. Not
sure about the ticking sound, it is not ''rpm syncro'' and it only
appears under load (when accelerating)

 

Unfortunatly, the noise does not go away when engine becomes warm. Not
sure about the ticking sound, it is not ''rpm syncro'' and it only
appears under load (when accelerating)

 

Unfortunatly, the noise does not go away when engine becomes warm. Not
sure about the ticking sound, it is not ''rpm syncro'' and it only
appears under load (when accelerating)

 

It does have a KS.
I dont think plugs or wires could be involved, since the problem
atrated immediatly after the belt/valves job

How do you reset timing? this is a new interresting element to me;

It may have a vacuum leak, ill check for it as soon as the car gets
back here

Thanx alot

 

It does have a KS.
I dont think plugs or wires could be involved, since the problem
atrated immediatly after the belt/valves job

How do you reset timing? this is a new interresting element to me;

It may have a vacuum leak, ill check for it as soon as the car gets
back here

Thanx alot

 

It does have a KS.
I dont think plugs or wires could be involved, since the problem
atrated immediatly after the belt/valves job

How do you reset timing? this is a new interresting element to me;

It may have a vacuum leak, ill check for it as soon as the car gets
back here

Thanx alot

 

In article <1146601781.368749.7830@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.c om>,
"doozcoopey" <jfhuot@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It does have a KS.
> I dont think plugs or wires could be involved, since the problem
> atrated immediatly after the belt/valves job
>
> How do you reset timing? this is a new interresting element to me;
>
> It may have a vacuum leak, ill check for it as soon as the car gets
> back here
>
> Thanx alot

You need a timing light. Hopefully, the instructions should come with
the timing light. If you have a repair manual, there may be instuctions
in the manual on how to adjust the timing. Perhaps someone could post
the URL of a website that provides instuctions on how to set the timing.
Perhaps you could ask one of your friends to show you how to do it.
It's really easy.
Jason

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In article <1146601781.368749.7830@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.c om>,
"doozcoopey" <jfhuot@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It does have a KS.
> I dont think plugs or wires could be involved, since the problem
> atrated immediatly after the belt/valves job
>
> How do you reset timing? this is a new interresting element to me;
>
> It may have a vacuum leak, ill check for it as soon as the car gets
> back here
>
> Thanx alot

You need a timing light. Hopefully, the instructions should come with
the timing light. If you have a repair manual, there may be instuctions
in the manual on how to adjust the timing. Perhaps someone could post
the URL of a website that provides instuctions on how to set the timing.
Perhaps you could ask one of your friends to show you how to do it.
It's really easy.
Jason

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