Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance PLZ help wierd Noise coming from engine

I always change the oil always take a look at the oil I’m so scared I just got this car and it’s making a loud noise

How do I add a iPhone video I have the sound of it it’s so bad

What did your shop mechanic say when they looked at it?

upload it to YouTube. Link the video.

Help

Oil was always properly changed at 3k miles my car just died and turned on all the lights on my dash I was scared and parked it at the gas station

When you lift the hood, where does the sound come from?

What do your belts look like?

edit: posted this after just hearing the audio in your video.

your photos speak louder than your video. heh

what does your mechanic say?

It comes from the right it’s so loud

I did the job myself I haven’t gone to a mechanic I was redoing the oil making sure it was okay I towed it to my house I’m scared of driving it

Sounds like metal parts hitting each other somewhere on the right which is either serpentine belt or timining chain.

You need to open the hood, run then engine at different throttle levels and listen to where the sounds come from. Mechanics usually wear a stethoscope or a listening tube to pinpoint the locations of the noise.

1. Could be a bad pulley run by the serpentine belt, or something hitting the serpentine belt. Look for anything touching or hitting the belt.

2. Could be something hitting the timing chain. To repair this would require removing the timing chain cover, a long job taking 10- 12 hours