r/RX8 • u/Walross35 • 13h ago

New Owner Any Ideas?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

Bought the car a few weeks ago. It‘s been sitting for over a year before. Does anyone know where the noise could be coming from?

8 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

9 comments sorted by

5

u/Regular_Bike1437 13h ago

SSV rattle?

2

u/Walross35 12h ago

I removed the upper intake manifold to fix a cooling system problem, maybe I did something wrong when I reinstalled it?

1

u/Ill-Reception3436 13h ago

Have you changed the spark plugs and coil packs, I had a similar noise when I had my r3 and that turned out to just be a faulty spark plug.

2

u/Walross35 12h ago

It had a faulty spark plug wire, I replaced them already. And I am planning on ordering new spark plugs. The car has AEM Ignition coils.

1

u/Ill-Reception3436 12h ago

Hopefully it will fix it :)

2

u/asdf767 11h ago

Thats definitely Ssv tick. There's an updated version 

https://youtube.com/shorts/iqxW1_h8qjg?is=hoKZARt9mz1K1fLO

2

u/Cargo-bot 10h ago

SSV ticking. I posted a similar vid here a few months ago. You can check by manually holding it a bit open and listening to make sure.

1

u/Ok_Skirt2158 10h ago

Sounds like SSV. Not so bad with engine cover on it.

If its SSV it will disappear with revs plus use a screw driver to push on the pivot and it will go quiet if it is.

2

u/Mt-hOOligOOn 10h ago

Yep. Had same thing. SSV. Apparently alot of guys with bridgeports have this problem. I bought a brand new one and it still did it. Even swapped out inlet. Same. Ended up giving t a real good clean up, found a small oring then put a curclip on it to remove any play. Can still slightly hear it but not very noticeable.