93 camry v6 clicking noise?

[ramonvr6]

new to the nation of toyota lol so dont chew and spit me out lol,,,i have a 1993 toyota camry v6 4door and i have what i want to say a severe clicking noise on this car at idle and higher rpm to be more specific it sounds to be coming from the top of the engine from the valve cover closest to the front bumper does have oil inside the engine to.

thanks for the read and replys,ramon

[Tukkus]

It could a number of things...

1. damaged valve
2. bad bearing in one of the pulleys
3. loose bolts somewhere
4. damaged fan or belt

If you cant find it soon you really should have someone that knows how to work on a Toyota take a look at it ASAP.

[fenixus]

clicking sound which inreases in frequency with engine RPM is never good ... something is worn out or loose in the engine (head probably if this is where the noise is coming from)...

it could just be that valves are out of adjustment and ticking now ... but it could be a number of other things too and they are not too good things to happen, so start with maintenance (valve clearances may need to be re-adjusted after 120k miles byswapping the shims).

[ramonvr6]

its not the pulleys and diffenently sounds from within the valve cover,is there a diy thread upon checking the valve timing or replacing the shims or how to properly check it,only sounds like its from one of the valves not the whole cam effecting all the valves not sure,,trying to save my ffriend some money
thank you

[fenixus]

my haynes manual describes it, it's not hard to measure clearances if you have time. replacing them is another story.

Originally Posted by ramonvr6

its not the pulleys and diffenently sounds from within the valve cover,is there a diy thread upon checking the valve timing or replacing the shims or how to properly check it,only sounds like its from one of the valves not the whole cam effecting all the valves not sure,,trying to save my ffriend some money
thank you

[ramonvr6]

this should help ,appreciate