# SR20 Valve ticking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [June 22, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174 "2007-06-22T09:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dsm\_austin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dsm\_austin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dsm_austin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/1 "2007-06-22T09:00:56Z")
I just bought another SR20 from speedtech put it in my car and i had no issues with it for about 500kms or so. I traded my car to a buddy and i get a call from him later that night and he says its ticking. So i went down there and had a look at it and its the valves or lifters or whatever you call them. Any idea why this would randomly start happening? What would make this happen? And its reasonably loud to… ---
**Author:** ![kouki240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@kouki240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kouki240)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/2 "2007-06-22T09:55:11Z")
You sure its the lifters and not the guides? ---
**Author:** ![n1zm0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n1zm0/32/3302_2.png) [@n1zm0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n1zm0)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/3 "2007-06-22T10:31:45Z")
guides are more of a clacking noise, SR is a generally noisy engine, sure its not the injectors? ---
**Author:** ![imported\_brian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@imported\_brian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_brian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/4 "2007-06-26T09:29:26Z")
dirty oil? I know in my sr it hadn’t been ran in what was probably years and after 200 kms it looked like crap. Possibly swap up to a lighter weight oil. ---
**Author:** ![silvertable58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@silvertable58](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvertable58)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/5 "2007-06-27T17:30:10Z")
and make shure the 4 nuts that hold your fan is on tight …mine was loose and it was ticking so bad. ---
**Author:** ![gregrego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e274bd/32.png) [@gregrego](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gregrego)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/6 "2007-06-27T20:49:29Z")
a bit or oil starvation? Like was said before that old oil :S is this engine from japan? ---
**Author:** ![dsm\_austin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dsm\_austin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dsm_austin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/7 "2007-06-28T00:33:01Z")
problem went away lol ---
**Author:** ![gregrego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e274bd/32.png) [@gregrego](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gregrego)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/8 "2007-06-28T10:40:49Z")
Did you do anything ? or it just worked itself out? ---
**Author:** ![dsm\_austin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dsm\_austin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dsm_austin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sr20-valve-ticking/147174/9 "2007-06-28T11:12:22Z")
nope just went away lol