Sounds to me if it is doing it under load that is a bottom end issue. If there is excess valve lash it would be a constant noise and would only vary in frequency in time with the RPM's. One test you can do is pull the car up to some wheel chocks (a wall would be safer) and put a load on the motor. I assume that you have a manual, so feather the clutch under load while listening, if the "clacking" is much louder under load than it is in neutral reving, my guess is going to be the noise is from your bottom end. From the sound of the video, I am leaning towards a wrist pin bushing on one or more of the rods.

 

your just full of good news arent you...lol

 

Ill definitely check that out. The sound is coming from the left side of the valve cover sounds like it coming from the top 2 valves when I took my valve cover off. With that description you gave me about bottom end damage, can that happen when my car is NA? If it can, what circumstances should I have gone through to have bottom end damage? Thanks for the info, lots of it!

 

any way it could be as simple as the tensioner pulley is going out? just an idea

 

What is that going to sound like?

 

may sound somewhat similer but i havnt had that happen, just an idea i came accross becouse some people with s/c's have had that problem (i understand your na but just a thought). Should be simple to check though, see if you can shake it with your hand, if there is play in it then it could be it. your (tic) sounds louder than i would expect from a faulty pulley so its a small chance but easy to check. iv only heard of one person that had a tensioner pulley going bad (bearings going out or something to that effect) and they had the trd s/c. everyone els that had the trd normally had shaft bearing problems so you dont have any worries there...lol

 

well i watched your vid again, i highly doubt thats it....sorry

 

Haha no prob. I used to be SC but uninstalled it about 2-3 months ago. This problem happened while I was NA. I'm ready to SC again, just wont install it till I get this problem fixed haha.

 

Bump!! Anymore advice?

 

yeah get to work on it already...lol

 

Hahaha. I just want to make sure it's the valve! I need to buy a feeler gauge first. Ive been working for almost a week straight! But i have 3 days off finally, so i'm definitely going to check tha tout haha.

 

So I havent had any free time to check the valves yet because i'm slaving at my job and havent had a day off yet. But can someone post a link/picture of what the valve shims on our cars look like so I can see what to inspect for? Thank you guys for contributing in the effort of getting my shims renewed! Haha.

 

Anyone? dezod doesn't have speakers so i'm running out of ideas for options to rebuild haha.

 

idk

 

you gatta be patiant cause paul and joe arent on here all the time but im sure they will chime in with some sort of help.

 

Haha yeah I completely understand that. I just sent an inquiry about it, and they responded they dont know what to do at this point cause they dont have speakers. So I kinda gave up on asking them.

 

http://reviews.ebay.com/ebaymotors/V...dZp4506.c0.m17

check this out, might help

 

http://www.autotoolexpress.com/sch88250.html

may need this

 

http://www.toyotacatalog.net/M1WebGear/

these guys maybe able to guide you in the right direction

 

lol your quote in a non sarcastic way hahaha. Thank you buddy!2