leaky injectors=ticking?

[kona240]

after i pick my bro up from work my car started to make a really loud ticking noise on top of the valve cover. my injectors were leaky before the ticking started and im wondering if that could be the problem. how do i repair them and wat kind of oring r needed.

o its a 89 sohc engine.
Modified by kona240 at 3:48 AM 6/4/2005

[9240sx]

The injectors are supposed to make a ticking nosie,It means there working.If it is very loud maybe run some injector cleaner.

[FliMSiCaL]

you have valve chatter. check ur oil. The valves on sohc's adjust themselves hydraulically, and if the oil pressure drops some, they can start clacking. This also happens when the little oil port in there gets clogged. A bottle of marvel mystery oil in there wouldn't hurt.

[kona240]

the oil was just changed. the injectors got small puddles of gas around the injectors. anyway to repair that?

[kona240]

now i think my timing chain guides r gone. will it hurt my car if i drive it in the condition its in?

[FliMSiCaL]

oh, the infamous rattle. You will be able to drive for a while with it, but it WILL eventually punch a hole in your timing cover right over the water pump channel. Buy some guides, rip the cover off and stick em in there. Your fuel injector leak should be easily fixed be replacing the o-rings.

[kona240]

i got injector cleaner and the mystery oil. both didnt stop the ticking. im goin to get my mechanic to look it over and see whats wrong. the tickings is coming from the intake manifold sounds like valve chatter but dunno.