Verwilderd Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 So today i started to notice a slight ticking/flapping(?) noise under partial acceleration. I didn't get to play with it too much, but it seemed that as soon as I hit about .5 bar on my boost gauge the noise would start then if I got on it, I wouldn't hear it (either because everything drowned the noise out, or because it went away). Now the interesting thing (and this is where I wanted to test it more, but there was too much traffic), on my si-drive, when in "i" mode I didn't really notice the sound at .5 bars of boost, but on s and s# I did. So the only things I can think of are as follows: I recently install the sti gauges and as a result had to take my avo ic off that had some leak issues...I resolved those with rtv and when I took it off, cleaned off the rtv thinking the leak was from the gasket...found out its not and put some jbweld where the leak was...seemed to resolve the leak. So I'm wondering if this can be another leak? The other thing is that if there was a small leak when I put the avo on and was tuned for and now that it's fixed(?) could I have meesed something else up by not having the car re-tuned(will be sorted out on tuesday)? I'm just wondering if anyone had ideas... cliffnotes: installed gauges, had to take off avo ic, had leak when I reinstalled ic, fixed leak, wondering if I had leak when first tuned with avo, car now making a ticking noise under partial load. Thanks in advance for replies. PS...I know about the subaru ticking noise and this is not it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verwilderd Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 bump for some advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verwilderd Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 bump....still needing some advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verwilderd Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Bump this also sounds only when under boost and seems to be a metal ticking noise. And I don't have the grimspeed cross pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderckj Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 i have a 99 legacy and it was making the same noise and i think my engine blew or something, can't move an inch right now. mine was also making the noise while i was completly off the acceleration. wish i could help but i'm also looking for some answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verwilderd Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Was you legacy turbo? As of now it's doesn't make noise at idle, only under partial boost. It seems at full boost the noise goes away. G/L with your car though. Sorry to hear about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verwilderd Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 anyone else have any ideas? I'm going to get this checked on Tuesday....hopefully I'll have some answers then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderckj Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 no its not a turbo, the car dealer ship won't open the engine till they get word from the jdm engine company cause the warenty might not be aplicable due to "engine abuse" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verwilderd Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 That's sucks. Good luck with that. I think I found out my ticking noise is wastegate flutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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