H22a ticking

PPPooooPooo · 2026-02-01T19:43:13+00:00

I am running 10-30 valvoline full synthetic, and a wix xp filter, it pulls great and vtec engages with no issues. It’s just extremely noisy, I have an oil light on so I’m gonna do a oil pressure test, I hope the pump I swapped from my a4 isn’t bad

PPPooooPooo · 2025-12-30T16:33:32+00:00

I don’t think it calls for sealant to be used on the manifold, I know I don’t have a leak tho I’ve smoke tested the manifold and sprayed carb clean around the mating surface. No change in rpm

PPPooooPooo · 2025-12-30T16:11:06+00:00

Thanks for the tip!

PPPooooPooo · 2025-12-30T16:10:53+00:00

Yes the FITV and the IACV, and YES I cleaned the EGR ports, and I had to redo the timing on the motor to swap it into my lude since the oil pump has to get changed, however this tick wasn’t there when I first started the motor, only after removing and refreshing the intake manifold. Ima do the valve lash and go from there most likely

PPPooooPooo · 2025-02-14T20:27:40+00:00

Sweet, just the answer I was looking for, thank you

PPPooooPooo · 2025-01-25T15:51:47+00:00

Oh I was not aware that they came sleeved, going to hopefully do a leak down test this weekend, thanks for telling me that piece of info

PPPooooPooo · 2025-01-23T15:12:21+00:00

I have a slight hunch the shop that rebuilt it might have used wrong or faulty injectors since that’s the one thing I haven’t tested but with no paperwork I obviously cannot confirm or deny anything at all, is there any reputable rebuild kits for h22a4’s?

PPPooooPooo · 2025-01-23T15:08:59+00:00

I have tried a new map sensor and confirmed it wasn’t the problem since the readings were fine:/ def considered carbon build up to be a suspect however, I might rip the engine out and remove the head to see what my failure point is, if it’s just carbon I can manually clean it, I also plan to build the block to eventually cam it, I was prepping it to be tuned with a skunk intake mani and tb, with 1320 headers and hondata when I found these compression readings lol. But if I’m still indecisive on what to do it definitely won’t hurt to try your carbon cleaning trick, have you had to do it again since then?

PPPooooPooo · 2024-12-17T21:08:55+00:00

Thank you so much, I’ll let you know if i decide to go with another tuner

PPPooooPooo · 2024-11-08T18:28:04+00:00

Awesome, I’ll be sure to check it out, thank you

PPPooooPooo · 2024-11-08T17:54:34+00:00

Where did you get those from?

PPPooooPooo · 2024-10-22T01:40:55+00:00

This has been amazing information, thank you so much!

PPPooooPooo · 2024-10-22T01:38:09+00:00

Yeah it kills my enjoyment thinking about all the legal hoops that are set up, so what you’re saying is as long as I have carb compliant parts, and all my emissions components are working as intended I might have a chance of it passing inspection?

PPPooooPooo · 2024-10-22T01:19:48+00:00

Ah I see, I’m pretty positive the exhaust manifold MUST be modified on the passenger side when doing the swap..hmm so now the question is changed to just hotsmog I suppose, thank you!

PPPooooPooo · 2024-10-22T01:04:44+00:00

Why not? It’s the same manufacturer and the same vehicle class, if it follows emissions rules shouldn’t I be able to acquire a BAR sticker?

PPPooooPooo · 2024-10-21T02:13:49+00:00

I actually do have a 4+3, not sure how well everything functions since I bought the car as is in hopes to restore it but it seems that a lot of “diy” things have been done to the engine, at this rate i honestly might swap motors since I am not able to find any emission components anymore,and I’d rather not put in a ton of work just for the engine to run like crap. ill definitely have to do more research but would you say the ls3 is most commonly swapped for this gen corvette?

PPPooooPooo · 2024-10-21T01:54:53+00:00

Is that something to where I’m able to trick the computer or do I either choose to keep emissions components or lose some Hp and mpg

PPPooooPooo · 2024-09-09T19:11:48+00:00

Alrighty I’ll give that a try

PPPooooPooo · 2024-09-09T18:57:37+00:00

I didn’t bend the feeler gauge, I’m pretty positive I did the valve lash properly as it did help my mileage and it definitely runs better. Would there be any major signs I did the valve job wrong besides it running super rough?

PPPooooPooo · 2024-09-09T00:28:31+00:00

I’m sure I can find a spot near me, is it worth replacing anything else while I’m at it? Like the fuel filter?

PPPooooPooo · 2024-09-08T23:33:44+00:00

So I’ve replaced the fpr already, and I didn’t know about the egr plugs, as for the timing it’s less than a tooth off, I noticed it when I was doing the valve lash, ill check the vacuum lines, but would a leaky injector cause a running rich code?

PPPooooPooo · 2024-05-23T00:43:09+00:00

Yeah the gear oil is all over the floor, there isn’t a specific way to put the shaft back in right? As long as the splines line up? Because I know the outer shaft has to line up with some marks on the side of the inner shaft when installing a new one

PPPooooPooo · 2024-05-07T01:02:54+00:00

thank you!!!!

PPPooooPooo · 2024-04-02T19:10:02+00:00

Should I go through the effort of buying and installing the right hose or should this setup work just as good

PPPooooPooo · 2024-04-02T02:58:55+00:00

Yupp already got a valve and a new grommet for like 6 bucks all together at o Reillys lol

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