2001 Honda Civic ENGINE NOISE

2001 HONDA CIVIC
110,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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JAQUEBAUER
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HAS 110 K MILES
HAD TIMING BELT REPLACED AT 60 K AS PM

LOUD NOISE COMING FROM INSIDE ENGINE FRONT
LIKE ITS UNDER TIMING BELT COVER
ITS A GRINDING / RAPID CLICKING NOISE

ENGINE WILL RUN, IT DID NOT STALL OR FAULT
NO ENGINE FAULT LIGHTS
NO METAL IN OIL---AS OBSERVED ON DIPSTICK.

CAR WAS SHUTDOWN AND TOWED HOME.

I NEED TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE FAILED....TENSIONER, OIL PUMP ????


PLEASE HELP....ITS MY DAUGHTERS CAR.. THANKKS VERY MUCH
Nov 28, 2008 at 1:37 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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H there,

This is a bit hard to say, but you may have broken a cam, the top timing cover is fairly easy to remove, pull that off and have a look at the cam gears & timing belt, start here.

Mark (mhpautos)
Nov 28, 2008 at 4:28 AM
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JAQUEBAUER
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[quote:16d8e2e2bf="mhpautos"]H there,

This is a bit hard to say, but you may have broken a cam, the top timing cover is fairly easy to remove, pull that off and have a look at the cam gears & timing belt, start here.

Mark (mhpautos)[/quote:16d8e2e2bf]


JAQUEBAUER REPLIES;

Thanks for the reply. At 60 k had the timing belt, water pump, tensioner ( The Honda reccomended timing belt work) replaced by Honda. The irony is that we were shopping for a replacement car at the time of failure. I am going to pull the top timing cover today and eyeball things.

Again, thanks all for the rapid responses.
Nov 29, 2008 at 6:29 AM
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