bump....

 

na...ive heard lifter tick on another evo...it doesnt sound like that...i really dont know what it could be...its drivin me nuts

 

It is clearly not the lifters.............. please listen to the video before getting him worried about valvetrain problems

 

Go do what i mentioned. I am almost certain that is your problem. Why beat yourself up over a small problem without even checking anything. The Mitsubishi mechanic probably just sprayed it down with wd-40 to shut you up. After talking to a bunch of them they really have no idea what they are doing most of the time. Evo's are kinda pushed away from their customer service.

 

sorry i couldnt listen to the video ,but you have to narrow it down to somthings ,

1st .decide where its comming from, head/valve cover area,timming area , or block.
what were you doing before the noise happen . anything you might beable to remeber before the noise was there a pop,ping ,rattle ect.

2nd Check certin things , oil low ,coolant ,bolts missing any of the covers loose ,anything leaking .


how many miles do you have on the car ?

 

haha..yeah...every dealership i go to exept for southcoast is kinda shady....i dont think they just sprayed it or cheap fixed it...they ordered some parts.. it was a tensioner and idler...but that obviously didnt fix it lol so i dont know what else it could be but a bearing or somthing rubbing...thnx for ur insight into this prob

 

car has 25k miles..everything is perfect on it(except the noise) and it is definately coming from the belt-side of the motor around the timing belt/parts

 

good... look on that side , even though they replaced the tensioner and idler it could be bad .. but take a look at it .. if you have tools remove the acc belts(ac/and alt) and start the car ..See if the noise is still there ..

if you feel like working on it .. or just taking it to the dealer ..

you can most likely figure it out your self , working on a car is not hard at all ..

 

oh i love working on my own car and actually prefer it to goin to mechs...but i just dont want to F**k somthin up and go to mitsubish and and have them void my warranty, im a poor college kid..lol..i need that warranty....

 

well pulling the belts off would help you decide if the noise is comming from that tensioner or idler .. but the problem with that is if you need a new one and take it to get warranty .. they are going to ask you .."why did you mess with it "
with 25,000 miles i would just take it to the dealer ...

 

yeah..i actually just made an appointment for wed on friday afternoon...hopefully they fix it this time..thnx for ur advice ....

 

no prob... i bug the dealer all the time and i will untill my 3years or 36,000 miles is up
...they allready replaced all my brembro's because the paint started fading ..