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Jun 16, 2004 | 08:57 AM

DsmWRX02

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WRX engine tick

I know our engines are known to tick alot, so i decided to make a quick vid to see if the amount of ticking mine has is "normal". Seems to tick an awful lot.
You need Quicktime.
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...ZmQzMXk1NDE%3D

Jun 16, 2004 | 01:55 PM

DJTEN4

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Car Info: 03 yellow wrx

my engine went through this phase for about a week where when it was cold it clicked, i donno what it is, i was about to take it in, but then it went away!

Jun 18, 2004 | 10:00 PM

Lurk

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What kind of motor oil are you using? Its normal for the EJ20 to tick when cold. Using a quality synthetic oil will make some of the ticking sound go away.

Jun 19, 2004 | 01:02 PM

supra_man

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mine used to tick when i used that chevron with tecron crap, now i use 76 and it runs fine

Jun 19, 2004 | 02:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lurk

What kind of motor oil are you using? Its normal for the EJ20 to tick when cold. Using a quality synthetic oil will make some of the ticking sound go away.

10w40 murrys brand oil.

Jun 20, 2004 | 04:05 PM

RoadSpike

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Car Info: Mazda Protege '02 (Wishing protege has AWD and a H6 twin turbo)

from my limited understand the tick would be caused by a slightly sticky valve. You could try pouring a small amount of Marvel Mystery oil into the crank case and see if it can loosen up your valves a lil.

This may not be the problem but if you had some MM handy it would be worth the shot