mxl36o

well from the inside the car, and everything else quiet... my engine sounds like a small diesel engine (that noise we hear when diesel trucks are beside us) but ofcourse in smaller decibals.

From outside of the car, I can only hear ticking noises...

any ideas to as what is making the noise?

check back in 24 hrs..and i will upload the sound

Phateless

when was the last time you had a valve adjustment? are you up to date on all your oil changes and all that? to a certain degree, honda engines just run a little clicky. i think it's the injectors ticking, totally normal.

DVPGSR

Josh is pretty much right on. Make sure you have a valve adjustment...otherwise it is probably the injectors which are very very noisy. I have the same noise on my GSR.

1funride

Same thing here with my 99 LS. Valve adjustments help, but I notice that it quiets down once the car is up to operating temperature.

Phateless

the other thing that couldn't hurt is to run some injector cleaner through it. go get some B&G Products 44K, that shit is awesome! run it with a full tank of premium, cuz i ran it on an empty tank, and since there is no octane in that stuff, my car ran like shit til it was all through the system, but after i filled it up again, it ran better than before.

mxl36o

its on 170k, i have no reason to believe the valves were ever adjusted. i got it at 160k...what problems can arise from not adjust valves.

I hear the dealship charges $100?

shangyer

Just wonder if the valve adjustment is kind of DIY job? Or better to be done by dealer?

tegbooster

it could be a DIY job...but if you don't know what your doing...and you don't have the proper tools...it's better to give it to a qualified mechanic.... dealers will rip you off

SP00NFed

yeah i'd deff would spend the money and have the dealership or a mechanic do the valve adjustment.

blender989gsr

my 95 gsr also does that too and i also noticed it seemed to go away after the engine warmed up. im gonna get it all looked at soon.