NOOOO even after flushing the motor twice and switching to 5w30 synthetic... - Page 2

**mushkid** · 4-30-08, 15:14

dude that sounds exactly like mine

YouTube - ghey knok from my mx6 2
YouTube - ghey knok from my mx6

**mushkid** · 4-30-08, 15:15

i am going to replace the lifters and the tensioner just in case

**Goatcrapp** · 5-1-08, 0:35

videogame - unless you replaced the tensioner yourself, you don't know what was done 5k ago by the previous owner.

I always (for instance) ask for old parts back from the mech right from the start when i drop the car off (on the rare occasions i take my DD in during us open season when i have no time to work on it myself), not because i want the old parts but so i know they were in fact replaced.

Its a fairly easy test.

remove the tensioner (if you have tiny hands and tiny stub tools, you can get it from up top,.. otherwise you'll have to take the passenger wheel off, remove the splash guard and access it from the side)

and try and compress it by hand.

if its easy... or doesn't extend on it's own.. that's (potentially) your problem.

More often, on higher mileage 6's - its a combination of tensioner, collapsed hla, etc.

I gotta tell you though - that sound from the video has a different timbre to me than regular old hla tick OR TBT tick... it's a lot more pronounced (judging by the relative volume of it to your voice) and sounds almost like something is hitting the bottom of the VC.

If that isn't it - take the IM and rear VC off, and look at the cams - make sure they're not marked or chipped on the lobes. try the finger squeeze test on a few hlas.

check your pulleys too - make sure you don't have one thats separating or wobbly (thus hitting the timing belt cover, block, or etc)

Given how pronounced the ticking is, i would get under the car too, and get her running. Use the stethescope on the bottom part of the block and especially the oil pan to see how bad it sounds down there...

everything is really close in these motors... odds are its just a collapsed lifer or bad tbt... but you never know.

**mushkid** · 5-8-08, 22:14

updates??

**KING6** · 5-10-08, 2:06

you can do an engine flush 100x, your not going to get rid of the tick unless you clean the old hlas or get new ones. They dont circulate oil, so the thick old crap inside of them wont flush out the pin hole it enters into.

Also the tensioner is one of the most common problems. Even if it was 1k ago.. You cant really rule it out.

Ive replaced 2 on the same car in under 200 miles. The owner bought them off ebay, untill finally I told him to get it from mazda because I wasent doing it again for him.

**pearsonmx6** · 5-10-08, 2:48

well i would help but the video has been removed by the user, so i am off to find some porn peace out home slice

**mushkid** · 5-10-08, 3:20

my vids still work and they are same as his??? i am gonna be buying parts soon, so i just want to hear other opinions

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Originally Posted by pearsonmx6

well i would help but the video has been removed by the user, so i am off to find some porn peace out home slice

**fredio54** · 5-10-08, 13:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by KING6

you can do an engine flush 100x, your not going to get rid of the tick unless you clean the old hlas or get new ones. They dont circulate oil, so the thick old crap inside of them wont flush out the pin hole it enters into.

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**94MX6pilot audio master** · 5-10-08, 14:15

Mine must have not been bad ...or maybe just low on oil,,,because mine were ticking bad...after my 6 sat for awhile...not being driven...did the flush and they.ve been quiet ever since

**2old2zoomzoom** · 5-11-08, 6:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by mushkid

i am going to replace the lifters and the tensioner just in case

Start with the tensioner. Never have heard a Mazda V6 with a bad lifter, but have heard plenty of V8's with them and that noise is to erratic for a lifter IMO.

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Goatcrapp Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: brooklyn, NY Age: 29 iTrader: (2)	videogame - unless you replaced the tensioner yourself, you don't know what was done 5k ago by the previous owner. I always (for instance) ask for old parts back from the mech right from the start when i drop the car off (on the rare occasions i take my DD in during us open season when i have no time to work on it myself), not because i want the old parts but so i know they were in fact replaced. Its a fairly easy test. remove the tensioner (if you have tiny hands and tiny stub tools, you can get it from up top,.. otherwise you'll have to take the passenger wheel off, remove the splash guard and access it from the side) and try and compress it by hand. if its easy... or doesn't extend on it's own.. that's (potentially) your problem. More often, on higher mileage 6's - its a combination of tensioner, collapsed hla, etc. I gotta tell you though - that sound from the video has a different timbre to me than regular old hla tick OR TBT tick... it's a lot more pronounced (judging by the relative volume of it to your voice) and sounds almost like something is hitting the bottom of the VC. If that isn't it - take the IM and rear VC off, and look at the cams - make sure they're not marked or chipped on the lobes. try the finger squeeze test on a few hlas. check your pulleys too - make sure you don't have one thats separating or wobbly (thus hitting the timing belt cover, block, or etc) Given how pronounced the ticking is, i would get under the car too, and get her running. Use the stethescope on the bottom part of the block and especially the oil pan to see how bad it sounds down there... everything is really close in these motors... odds are its just a collapsed lifer or bad tbt... but you never know.
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pearsonmx6 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: kansas city, MO, USA Age: 20 iTrader: (3)	well i would help but the video has been removed by the user, so i am off to find some porn peace out home slice
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94MX6pilot audio master Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Phoenix AZ USA, AZ, USA iTrader: (0)	Mine must have not been bad ...or maybe just low on oil,,,because mine were ticking bad...after my 6 sat for awhile...not being driven...did the flush and they.ve been quiet ever since
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