Taping Noise In Engine Around Rocketcover...

[Stealthynsa]

hi i had a post about removing the head to check but i thought ide ask u what your thoughts are.

just so u know what happened,

some water got under my spark plugs into my engine and when i took out the 4th spark plug the little lip at the bottom was not on it so im guessing it went into the engine.

(not sure if it went in when i took it out or its been like that for a while) but im guessing it just happened cause up intil that happened the car drove fine

when i turn the car on i can hear a noise around the 3rd or 4th piston sounds like its in the rocketcover area or possibly the injectors?

also the car idles fine but when i drive it around the block as soon as i put my foot down i lose basically all power and it sounds like a wrx engine and it struggles hard

(this is with a new spark plug in replace of the faulty 1)

would that noise most likely be the injectors with water stuck in them or do u think water going into where the spark plug sits wouldnt get over to the injectors?

or

would the valves be broken from that spark plug

or

do u think a piston

cause i have an old rb25 engine out the back and i could just switch the parts over cause it sux just having my car sitting there not being able to drive it >.<

Edited June 10, 2009 by Stealthynsa

[Sheriff Wan]

Please go to a mechanic...

[Benzino33]

Dont drive it, tow it to a mechanic. get it checked out.

Do not risk a re-build.

[Yeedogga]

sounds like its in the rocketcover

Maybe take it to NASA?

[Stealthynsa]

Maybe take it to NASA?

0_0 good 1

[lachlanw]

prolly all the rockets in there . being a rocket cover and all

[Yeedogga]

In all seriousness, as Benzino said, get it TOWED to your mechanic, get him to put a bore-scope in there and see what is going on. It might only be a little piece but it could do alot of damage. Hopefully he can remove it without taking the head off, or it might be too late.

GL man

[Stealthynsa]

T is right next to R i made a mistake who cares im only human no need to make fun about it

[Yeedogga]

Dude, relax. There was no offence intended.

You've been given some advice and your question has been answered.

It's fair to expect a bit of stick on forums like this, its all part of the wonderful world of faceless communities :-)

If you don't like it, use spell-check.

Edited June 10, 2009 by Yeedogga

[R31Nismoid]

Stealthynsa - given your other thread about Engine Problems, i really support what the others have said about contacting someone better equipped to investigate the problem.

A forum can only get you so far because its VERY hard to tell with some things over the net and can sometimes lead to you taking twice as long to get it fixed

[Stealthynsa]

Stealthynsa - given your other thread about Engine Problems, i really support what the others have said about contacting someone better equipped to investigate the problem.

A forum can only get you so far because its VERY hard to tell with some things over the net and can sometimes lead to you taking twice as long to get it fixed

yeh i know i dont wanna even try with this problem, ill just have to take it to a mechanic

thanks for ur help neways guys/girls

[frozenwaffles]

i must admit, although i am extreemly tired right now, the rocket thing made me laugh and laugh and laugh...not at the dude who did the spelling miostake, more just the fact that it was quite funny! i do love this forum and the people in it!

[Lachlan33]

in regards to it sounding like a WRX, thats the sound of a 5 cylinder straight 6. A sound I am all too used to

What exactly dropped into the engine? A piece of the old spark plug?

You could try lowering a small magnet into the hole maybe and have that fish the metal bit out for you? Just don't drop the magnet in!

[mad082]

so are you saying that the tip of the spark plug is no longer there? if so that is not a good thing at all and as everyone said, get it towed to a mechanic, although considering it is probably already rebuild time you could probably drive it, LOL

[lachlanw]

never realised t and r were so close . there are actually people in nz that call them rocket covers . must be what makes hondas so "fast"

[weapon6666]

what do you mean water got into your engine?if you have water in your engine dats not a good sighn.....if your car sits for a while is it hard to start with coughing splattering when it starts? or could it be the water cooling on your turbo leaking. with the noise try disconnecting the spark plug and listen for a difference if no reconnect and try the next one and let me know what you have found

[mad082]

there are more serious (and common) places water could come from, such as head gasket.

i sort of read this 2 ways. 1 serious, 1 not. feel free to correct any bits i am wrong about (the water bit and the spark plug bit)

not serious: water was surrounding the coil packs and plugs from washing the engine, etc. when you removed the plugs the washer from the base of the spark plug was missing. and now you have a miss fire more than likely caused by moisture trapped in the coil packs that is arcing out. solution would be to pull all the coils out and wipe out around the plugs with a rag or blow the water out with an air compressor and then wipe the coils down and let them sit near (not too close) a heater for a few hours to make sure they are dry then tape them up before you put them back in. the tapping noise is probably just the usual injector noise, a noisey cam or it was the coil pack arcing out, which will make a cracking noise that can sound like tapping.

serious: water was surrounding the spark plugs for some reason. you took the plugs out and number 4 was missing the tip of the plug where the spark arcs to. this will mean it has fallen into the cylinder and made a massive mess of things (have seen what it does to a motorbike), which could even include the turbo. the tapping noise will be the tip rattling round in the cylinder still or possibly be something such as a nick on a valve from where the tip hit it. this is going to result in a rebuild being required (or swapping over your old engine) as the piston is going to look like someone has been hitting it with a nail punch.

basically how serious it is will be determined by what bit of the spark plug you mean by "the little lip at the bottom"

[weapon6666]

so what did you find? let us know...

[jase-r34]

hey i have a socket set and i have ur normal tools. shifters spanners and screw drivers...

i looked under the rocketcovers and i notice there are allenkey bolts for the head...

can someone tell me what size these are so i can go buy it and

any other tool that i might need in the process of getting the head of the rb25

Was that a typo as well? Lol sorry i couldn't help myself, it's just so funny.

Seriously though how did you get along??

[RAnee B]

do the rb25's have tappets? or oil lifters? rockers? well if so the sr20 motors are known for their monstrous knocking noise coming from the tappets, maybe check them out.