[Shotimes] Strange noise...help!

[James White]

New water pump?  Maybe the timing belt tensioner didn't get put on
correctly?  The belt could be rubbing the housing which is plastic.  A
little out of time could cause a slow idle, hense the oil light flickering.

Farily easy to see with just the top of the cover off.

Jim White - greensho@crown.net
Valparaiso, Indiana
'93  5 SPEED   276k few mods
'95  5 SPEED   229k lots of mods
"double clutch"  it's good for both you and your SHO

----- Original Message -----
From: <SyckoJayy@aol.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Strange noise...help!


> Hey all,
>
>          I am posting for a friend who just recently bought a sho and isnt
> having very good luck with it.  Its a 95 atx with 67k on it, he just
replaced
> the water pump and thermostat and had the tranny fluid changed.  The car
was
> bought in Fl and then driven back here to northeast pa.  Stopped and
idling
> the oil light will flicker....after about 5-10 min of driving it will
start
> making a weird sound from the top end.  Its not a knock or a tick, it
almost
> sounds like a plastic sound and gets faster and more obscene when you rev
the
> engine.....could it be a loose or broken shim?....rod
> bearing?....valve?.....the engine has no loss of power just sounds really
> bad....any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance
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