SR20DET TICK AFTER REBUILD (VIDEO)

[billyblack1024]

Hey guys,

I just rebuilt my SR and I am getting a ticking noise which seems like its coming from the top end. I replaced rod/main bearings, valve seals, piston rings, all gaskets, had the crankshaft done .10 over, cleaned all oil journals, had the head and block hot tanked, and replaced 1 collapsed lifter. After doing some reading it seems like lifters can get "dry" from the motor being opened up and sitting. I did not bleed them. Can anyone shine some light?

[2_Liter_Turbo]

That's definitely lifter tick. I would pop those babies out and bleed all of them. Also, check your valve shim clearance just in case you accidentally mixed them up.

[billyblack1024]

That's definitely lifter tick. I would pop those babies out and bleed all of them. Also, check your valve shim clearance just in case you accidentally mixed them up.

I took them all out and bled them. Correct me if im wrong... remove lifter, push plunger down and pump to drain all old oil, submerge lifter in oil and pump until lifter is full of clean oil and all air pockets are out. Now this is where i got confused. Once all of the oil was pumped into the lifter is was stiff with no play at all. Is that how they should be? I feel like they should have a little movement.

[2_Liter_Turbo]

That's how they should be. You don't want them to be able to be compressed with your hands. They have to "rebound" at high RPM, sort of like an insanely stiff shock.

[billyblack1024]

That's how they should be. You don't want them to be able to be compressed with your hands. They have to "rebound" at high RPM, sort of like an insanely stiff shock.

Here is a video after i bled them. Maybe i need to do it again? Also, where can i find the specs for the shims? I lined them up as I removed them, the only way we could have got them confused was in reverse order.

[2_Liter_Turbo]

I would check your lash before trying to re-bleed them. You can find the specs and procedure in the S14 SR20DET manual you find in my signature.

[billyblack1024]

Am i potato or is the only option in japenese? Im not finding much on specs. Most people say you cant measure without a special tool?

[billyblack1024]

Update - installed all new rocker arms, new BC cams. Still have a tic for the first 5 minutes at start up then it goes away. This is what it sounds like when I rev it up, almost like a rod?..... Ideas

https://youtu.be/yf-X1-JJHQ4