Does the noise go away after the car warms up? I notice a similar noise when I start my car when its cold, after it warms up the valve tap seems to go away. I'm still kind of leary about it I figure I'll call the dealer tomorrow to see what kind of bull____ story they want to feed me.

 

dude your car is f-ed just tow it to the dealer

 

lmao that doesnt make me feel any better lmaooo but at least ur honest i know its f-ed up lol, i wanna get rid of this f-in car...i wanna get the 08 g35x =D a few more monthsss and its mine lol but till then im f'ed

 

are you a hard core driver??? reving and driving up to red line?

 

somewhat....i like pedal to the medal action...but i dont overdue it, i do it ever once in a while

 

bro take the car to dealer asap id hate for you to go thru all that trouble of replacing an engine when your still at a point where it can most likely be fixed

 

ye i know im taking it this week hopefully

 

my 06 tc does this also, but it is more noticable when i am low on my oil. my car burns thru a dipstick in about 1000 miles lately.. but was told 1. nothing wrong, 2. it was my dc header 3. that a scion is ok at burning 1qt for every 600 mles-normal oil loss.

 

Yeah for a worn out engine that is normal oil use!
Do you see blue smoke when you first start it up and does it smell like oil burning? Are there oil spots on the ground where you park?

 

uhh who ever told you that go up to them with a wrench and just hit them in the head.
1. something is wrong get a compression test done, and are you getting a lot of white smoke?

2. it isnt your header no way it could do that.

3. scion says oil only needs to be changed every 5k miles so the qt per 600 miles is bs cause that is 3 k miles and your out of oil.

 

dealership is the way to go.

 

Every toyota engine is going to have some kind of valve tap, just a little, but one thing you might want to check is the camshaft cover under your oil cap, it can be bent down just enough to where the cam is hitting the cover. happens sometimes when you put oil in. A new motor will burn a little oil within the first 1,00 miles but a qt every 600 miles is too much.