I just got my B16 put in my car and the cat wouldn't reach to the header, so I had to run open header until I got the cat put on. Well I got the cat put back on for $20, then 2 days later, my cat goes bad, I put a new high flow one on and it cost $100. 2 days later sounds like there was a rock in the exhaust. $10 to fix, next day rattiling noise, there was a pipe inside a pipe, yea I know, another $25 to fix. Had to get a alignment $65, next day tie rod broke....Yesterday I take it for a oil change, after I got the car back it starts ticking. Well today when I went to go drive the car, I went to put it in reverse and notice the shifter was messed up. It had so much play I could rotate it in circles, well the pin from the shift linkage broke off. This is my story all for one week, I hope it gets better from now on.

P.S. The ticking noise is because I need a valve adjustment

 

dude should of replaced everything new on the engine and front suspension, hope it gets better

 

Yeah man, hopefully you get all the kinks out. Good luck d00d.

 

thx guys, I keep you posted

 

Get my car back today so lets find out if anything else is wrong

 

Ok well got the car back today, and the ticking noise was getting worse. Well I found out I had an exhuast leak and fixed it, still a problem. Then I said well if it happened right after the oil change, lets change the oil again. Change the oil and added Lucas Synthetic stabilzers and the ticking got worse. Did a valve adjustment, and still more ticking. We think it might be a fuel injector now...lets hope

If anyone is selling 0BD0 B16 Injectors let me know

 

Today driving to work, the car decided to overheat...so it continues

Anyone want to buy a CRX?

 

I dont have a b16 but, i sure have had the ticking noise for a long time(6 years at least). I seen and been told that one, all hondas tick. And two, its not the valves its the rocker arms that are worn. Hydraulic valves adjust themselves, so how can you adjust the valves. I did have the valves re-gapped and double checked they were in spec. After we did that, it still ticked. Also, i've heard other b16's tick like crazy. Check the rocker arms. I would like to know what the deal is.

 

Yeah, mine is pretty ticky and I have my valves adjusted correctly.

 

Well got the car back, fixed the overheating and the exhuast leak. The car never ticked before. We found out that it wasn't the injectors, they think it is the rocker arms. So should I even bother taking the engine apart since you said all hondas tick?