# help needed: noise from engine **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [November 18, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437 "2005-11-18T21:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![s13.5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13.5/32/5552_2.png) [@s13.5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s13.5)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437/1 "2005-11-18T21:19:41Z")
theres a noise from my KA sounds like a popcorn machine kinda rattling noise what the hell is it? ---
**Author:** ![Original\_Nutta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/original_nutta/32/5474_2.png) [@Original\_Nutta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Original_Nutta)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437/2 "2005-11-18T21:22:09Z")
Timing chain. Guide might be off. Buy an SR. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DarkForceJackal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DarkForceJackal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkForceJackal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437/3 "2005-11-18T23:57:57Z")
> [@s13.5](#): > > theres a noise from my KA sounds like a popcorn machine kinda rattling noise what the hell is it? SOHC or DOHC? Upper timing guide removed if DOHC? Where is the sound coming from - valve cover at the front or…? Could be one of a few things… ---
**Author:** ![240\_Foz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/dc4da7/32.png) [@240\_Foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240_Foz)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437/4 "2005-11-19T01:47:17Z")
> [@Original Nutta](#): > > Timing chain. Guide might be off. > > Buy an SR. 🙂 just do it ---
**Author:** ![s13.5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13.5/32/5552_2.png) [@s13.5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s13.5)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437/5 "2005-11-19T08:54:06Z")
hard to tell its coming from the valve cover but can’t make out where exactly ---
**Author:** ![Genra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Genra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Genra)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437/6 "2005-11-21T05:39:08Z")
could be knock sensor… pistons hitting valves… clutch rattling… timing guides… who knows… does it still do the same sound when pressing the clutch or not? if that sound is still there then id say something with engine ---
**Author:** ![Original\_Nutta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/original_nutta/32/5474_2.png) [@Original\_Nutta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Original_Nutta)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437/7 "2005-11-21T08:47:06Z")
> [@s13.5](#): > > hard to tell its coming from the valve cover but can’t make out where exactly even harder for us, being over the internet and all. 😛 Have a friend rev the engine. ---
**Author:** ![sidewaze](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sidewaze/32/5497_2.png) [@sidewaze](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewaze)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-noise-from-engine/90437/8 "2005-11-21T10:29:39Z")
Sounds like it’s either the chain guides or you could have some ticking valves. Pull the valve cover off and remove the top chain guide, put the cover back on and see how it sounds. If it’s still there it’s prob a couple of ticking valves and thats not really a big deal. I have a couple myself and I’m not worried. Let us know. Easy 8)