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[Jimbo2000]

went out to start the car today and it just turned over.

thought shit, this aint right, tried a few more times then pumped the accelerator while doing it and it fired up feeling Really sluggish and making a horrible chicking noise.

went and had a look and figured it wasnt pinging or anything like that.

Luckily i just moved and theres a garage just down the road, went and gave him a listen and he reckons it could be the lifters??

suggested an oil change which i am about to do now and said if it isnt that he'll have to pull it apart and have a look, maybe a loose rocker or something.

just went out and bought the oil i have in now but have only done about 4K with it

Mobil1 gold with supersynth 10w-30

i blew the main fusable link (ignition) on monday and replace that this morning before turning it over could that have anything to do with it.

please help me does this sound familiar?

[tridentt150v]

Just a thought, hows your alternator, deadish battery [hasn't been charging], nil charge, motor barely able to make enough spark????

It would run pretty rough down low, not real good higher up, try turning your lights on at idle and see if it kills the motor??

[davidl]

check your coil packs, you may have a dead one. this makes the car really rough and hard to start.

[red900ss]

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i blew the main fusable link (ignition) on monday and replace that this morning before turning it over could that have anything to do with it.

please help me does this sound familiar?

So the car sat around all week? Battery may have drained in that time (mine will go a month without use).

I'd be thinking electrical as the first place to look. Like trident says start with the altenator, or get the battery fully charged 1st.

Why did the fusible link blow? :confused:

[hippy]

i'd check the battery ... and then check the alternator ...

[SKY031]

I'm familiar with the 'battery' theory that people are putting forward, but the problem isn't battery or alternator related.

Most of us have experienced the "click click click" of a flat battery, but this isn't the case here.

Re-read the post.

From what i can gather, the noise he is refering to is occuring while the motor is going.

If this is the case, then yes, it's most likely the lifters.

You say that you used 10w-30 when you did the oil change....... it sounds like the oil you chose could be too thin.

Maybe try using 5w-50

Otherwise once the oil heats up, it will run off all the moving parts instead of staying where it's needed.

[Jimbo2000]

ok i'm back.

in answer to the questions battery related.

i have a power FC and the first time the car didnt start, i opened up the batt voltage monitor, it was on 1.something

when it did start up it shot up its usual 13-14

car usually sits from sunday night to friday night and sometimes 2 weeks (by then i'm having serious withdrawrals)never had a problem before. a mate was checking something out and showing his friend my gauges on monday and might have (i say might cause it could have been me the night before, but i dont think so) left the cabin light on from around midday till i got home and noticed it after 6pm. i dont think this could have drained the battery too much as i started her up at 6 that day to check if it cause a problem and all was sweet.

Dino:

I blew the link as i have before, cause i have a pivot TT in the ashtray and the wires are coming out a hole in the back but you cant actually unplug it so it makes t impossible to remove the ashtray, and if you pull it a cetain length out the power surges and the ignition fuse blows, its a long story but i was actually trying to destroy the ashtray so i could replace it with one i was going to pick up today from justjap and make a hole in the back of that one so the TT could be removed/replaced with velcro, if i want to take the console apat as i did want to the other day to fit the leather boots that jay95 had supplied me with a few months ago.

I just completed an oil change with the mobil 10-30 which the dude at the garage down the road told me is perfect for the car. he works with a lot of turbo cars so he has a bit more experience than guys at most service stations (place in willoughby with all the rx7s there all the time).

the ticking noise is definately coming from under the rocker cover and only while the engine is running, relative to engine revs, eg. pulling the throttle open makes it rev higher and tick faster.

darron from justjap said it dosnt sound like it would be the lifters and i really hope its not as they are a couple of thou to replace.

wow my wrists hurts from typing hope i made myself clear this time.

[Airzone]

A couple of throusand for new lifters? You wouldn't have to replace them all... If you did, you may as well get a new head - cheaper I think.

[Jimbo2000]

thats what i was told.

cool,thanks thats an idea if it comes to it

[GTRgeoff]

How many kays has it done since rebuild? It could be a big end. Does it go away a bit at certain rpm but comes back on liftoff?

They sound like they are coming from the cam covers...from experience recently.

[DoughBoy]

Is it the variable valve timing solenoid? It's the protruding knob in front of the inlet on cylinder one, when the motor is ticking put your finger on it - if it's dancing in sync to the clicking sounds then enrol it in an all boy band. Or disconnect it and see if the ticking goes away.

[Jimbo2000]

just took it to another garage and he had a look and guessed it could be a lash adjustor??

[Jimbo2000]

Is it the variable valve timing solenoid? It's the protruding knob in front of the inlet on cylinder one, when the motor is ticking put your finger on it - if it's dancing in sync to the clicking sounds then enrol it in an all boy band. Or disconnect it and see if the ticking goes away.

hey doughey.

can you show me a pic of the knob?

please keep it clean

[DoughBoy]

Close up:

And

It's the long solenoid in the top / left of the pics.

[Jimbo2000]

hmmm unfortunately that dosnt help as i sont now how to take apart the head/whatever needs to be taken off to get to that point.

thanks for the effort anyway

[SKY031]

I just completed an oil change with the mobil 10-30 which the dude at the garage down the road told me is perfect for the car.  

If it wasn't ticking prior to the oil change, then it's not right for the car.

The oil that you were using before..... was that fully synthetic?

Instead of paying heaps for new lifters, you might benefit from cleaning the ones that are in there. (That's probably all the workshop will do anyway)

[Jimbo2000]

sorry. i did the oil change after the problem occured, have had no problems with that oil (all i use)

[red900ss]

Jimbo, that solenoid that Doughboy posted about is on the right hand side of the engine just below th oil filler cap. You can reach it without removing anything. May be worth a shot.

[Jimbo2000]

will try cheers mate.

[Jimbo2000]

Jimbo, that solenoid that Doughboy posted about is on the right hand side of the engine just below th oil filler cap. You can reach it without removing anything. May be worth a shot.

what exactly am i looking for here?

shape, size, colour, taste?