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post May 17, 2005 - 2:37 PM
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rocky2006



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my brother's '96 civic is having engine knocking problems. we took off the head and there seems to be no evidence of the cylinder hitting the valves. however, cylinder #3 was slightly discolored (rainbow type color, makes me think its getting really hot). we took out the timing gun to time it properly, and the light was jumping around. it would blink in rhythm then it would add blinks to make it almost random blinking. would this have to do with the knocking? should i replace his cap and rotor? any other advice?


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post May 17, 2005 - 4:14 PM
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Tell him to tach it up to about 1500 or 2000 and if it hits really loud it's the rod, if it's soft and more of a ping it's piston slap. It's possible the heat warped the rod and is causing slap.

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