New engine woes?

[WormGod]

*sigh*

The good news. Changed out the bearing pack in the S/C tensioner. The stock one was pretty rough. had a lot of wiggle in it. The new pack is good and tight and good to go.

The bad news. Drove her around a bit without the S/C belt to listen to the engine. The original noise was NOT the bearing pack. Sounds like it's probably valve lash. The timing could well be off, but I am somewhat doubting that. Regardless, she goes in the shop soon for oil change, shock swap, wheel re-balance, and alignment, so I am just gonna let them diagnose it. I am not tearing into it since I need my garage space these next few weeks.

[WormGod]

Well, she has an appt for drop off on Sun night to start getting looked over Monday. Speaking with the tech, he too seems to think it's valve lashing, but he wants to be thorough and dig into it to make sure there is no oil plumbing blockage first. Regardless, these guys are great and about the only ones I trust working with her. They never did her wrong and totally enjoy working with her.

[WormGod]

Guess who's on a flatbed headed for the shop right now....

That previous valve lashing which I had yet to get around to.... turned into something far more painful (so clearly wasn't that). Going down the road Saturday, I had a slight uphill trek and halfway up, that ticking lash sound I already had suddenly multiplied itself by 100. Thinking it's a broken connecting rod but I'll save that for the techs.... that !@#$ is too internal for my gearhead knowledge though.

And this is pre-60k miles. *sigh*

In any case, we'll see what it is soon enough. That is my best guess.

Always something.

[LittleBeast]

Guess who's on a flatbed headed for the shop right now....

That previous valve lashing which I had yet to get around to.... turned into something far more painful (so clearly wasn't that). Going down the road Saturday, I had a slight uphill trek and halfway up, that ticking lash sound I already had suddenly multiplied itself by 100. Thinking it's a broken connecting rod but I'll save that for the techs.... that !@#$ is too internal for my gearhead knowledge though.

And this is pre-60k miles. *sigh*

In any case, we'll see what it is soon enough. That is my best guess.

Always something.

PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED!!!!!

my VX has been doing this exact thing under load here lately. It completely comes and goes though. It is crazy loud at times and then most of the time I don't really hear anything.

Sorry to hear about your troubles, but I hope your experience can help some other people possibly :-) Good luck.

[WormGod]

Slow progress cause the shop that normally does my VX work doesn't want to do a full tear down. Currently searching for someone who will. Sucks cause none of my trusted speedshops that work with my STi want the work either. I may have one candidate but am doing some research on their work and reputation first.

But, my regular shop did a once over and did find that my EGR line had "broken". No idea how long it had been that way, but couldnt have been long since I imagine it would throw a code, but none existed. It did start running pretty boggy in the recent last weeks though. They did repair that in any case, so it's still a WIP. *sigh*