 7afe WTF Is wrong with my car?!, Grinding noise |
 Feb 18, 2007 - 5:18 PM
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Okay, so today I left to head over to my brothers house and my car just started making some loud ass noises. I dont know what causing it. It appears there is a small amount of fresh oil coming out of the motor. It sounds like it is coming from the left side of the motor, where the alternator and belts are. There is a pretty significant power loss (not that the motor is powerfull anyway lol) but especially when you get into the higher RPM range, (4500+) it basically just stops producing any power from there on out. It made the same noise the other night, so I pulled over and popped the hood and then it just stopped making the noise. So I figured that there was a chunk of snow/ice inside getting knocked around since we just had a pretty bad snow/ice storm. All help is appreciated!
Here is the oil coming out.  I took a short video of the noise, I'll have the link to that within the hour. |
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Feb 24, 2007 - 1:22 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 13, '06 From PA, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
So it was the belt tensioner and the timing was off. No bent valves, thankfully. But I got it back from the shop today (suprised that the garage works on Saturdays!) but anyway, with the towing bill included it came out to $407.55 which sucks...but I have my car back.
 Picture of the tensioner...   As you can see, the bearings are toasted. |
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Red94Celica 7afe WTF Is wrong with my car?! Feb 18, 2007 - 5:18 PM
alltracman78 That oil leak is probably your valve cover gasket.... Feb 18, 2007 - 5:32 PM Red94Celica I cant pinpoint the noise, however it seems to be ... Feb 18, 2007 - 5:35 PM Red94Celica http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s279/up...=MOV0... Feb 18, 2007 - 5:44 PM alltracman78 Damn man.
I don't know if I'm hearing it r... Feb 18, 2007 - 5:50 PM Red94Celica Alright. It seems to be kinda shaky while driving,... Feb 18, 2007 - 6:01 PM Bitter hmm if oil got onto the timing belt its possible i... Feb 18, 2007 - 6:01 PM Red94Celica Does anybody have a diagram or layout so that I ca... Feb 18, 2007 - 6:22 PM Red94Celica Well I have an update. My father came home (pretty... Feb 18, 2007 - 10:19 PM alltracman78 Yes, tensioner pulley has bearings.
Yes they go ba... Feb 18, 2007 - 10:41 PM Red94Celica The belt is really loose, but you cant spin it. Feb 18, 2007 - 10:47 PM Bitter yep, your belt jumped around alot, at first it jus... Feb 18, 2007 - 11:55 PM
alltracman78 QUOTE(Red94Celica @ Feb 19, 2007 - 12... Feb 19, 2007 - 8:16 AM USAssassin Hey my brother is a mechanic and i had him listen ... Feb 18, 2007 - 11:57 PM Red94Celica Hey guys, first I just want to say thanks for all ... Feb 19, 2007 - 12:23 AM netrata Now it would be a good idea to replace the water p... Feb 19, 2007 - 12:38 AM 56willysnut Great pics! It's the tensioner bearing for... Feb 19, 2007 - 10:17 AM Blakout16 from the movie and pictures. i'd look at all t... Feb 20, 2007 - 5:24 AM bufferdan QUOTE(Blakout16 @ Feb 20, 2007 - 10... Feb 20, 2007 - 9:14 AM toyotatech i would replace the water pump, timing belt, tensi... Feb 20, 2007 - 10:11 AM Red94Celica Alright, I ran over to my work quick to borrow the... Feb 20, 2007 - 10:17 AM Red94Celica Well the compression tester didnt work, I need my ... Feb 20, 2007 - 12:36 PM bufferdan The compression on my 7afe is in the 170's...i... Feb 20, 2007 - 1:09 PM Red94Celica Yeah that makes sense, we pulled all the spark plu... Feb 20, 2007 - 1:11 PM 56willysnut Compression on my old oil burner was 210 across th... Feb 21, 2007 - 5:50 AM Red94Celica I talked with the garage today, and they said that... Feb 24, 2007 - 12:53 AM Bitter 7afe's usually wont bend valves, non interfere... Feb 24, 2007 - 1:46 PM Red94Celica Thats a good thing lol Feb 24, 2007 - 2:14 PM |
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