valve lash adjustment Options

[6G96GT]

I have a 1996 5sfe 2.2 engine. you know if this engine can have valve lash adjustments made? if not, what is the solution? I think I have that tickey tickey going on...

[6G96GT]

It was just making a tickey tickey sound that was annoying. I didn't drive bad or anything. I had the engine rebuilt professionally about 28,000 miles ago and it drives real good. I also had new aftermarket colt cams installed about 10K miles ago. The specs were perfect then.

My mechanic said even still, it's probably either fuel injector or valve lash needs adjusting. He said it's recommended at 30,000.

Bottom end is strong and quite - mech used a stethoscope to listen to both top end and bottom. He said the top is definitely ticking and it doesn't sound normal but not bad either I guess, just really annoying. Always used mobile 1 full synthetic after break in. oil pressure maintains 60 psi warmed up at highway speed and 20 psi at idle.

Just trying to maintain the car as best I can. I want to keep it until it rots anyway.

This post has been edited by 6G96GT: Jan 20, 2014 - 10:23 PM

[thymeclock]

It was just making a tickey tickey sound that was annoying. I didn't drive bad or anything. I had the engine rebuilt professionally about 28,000 miles ago and it drives real good. I also had new aftermarket colt cams installed about 10K miles ago. The specs were perfect then.

My mechanic said even still, it's probably either fuel injector or valve lash needs adjusting. He said it's recommended at 30,000.

Bottom end is strong and quite - mech used a stethoscope to listen to both top end and bottom. He said the top is definitely ticking and it doesn't sound normal but not bad either I guess, just really annoying. Always used mobile 1 full synthetic after break in. oil pressure maintains 60 psi warmed up at highway speed and 20 psi at idle.

Just trying to maintain the car as best I can. I want to keep it until it rots anyway.

Don't worry about it. My previous Celica (an '89) made that sound from about 100K until I sold it at 170K. It won't affect engine performance or anything else. Unless you have a mechanic that will work for cheap and do the job right (both of which are unlikely), just leave it alone. It won't harm the engine any. It's just a minor annoyance. Let it be the least of your worries, and enjoy your Celica.