Honda engine tick and idle.

[Ryan]

Looking for some advice from a Honda tech on this one. Seems to be consistent with the Honda J series engines. I couldn’t locate a TSB for this specific issue.

Here is the sound.

Seems to be on Accords, Pilots, Ridgelines, and Odysseys.

Anyway, I have the tick on my RL and several members on ridgelineownersclub.com have the same issue and we are all trying different things to try to solve it.

I’ve replaced my TB HD tensioner as well as set valve lash to spec. Truck has 180k miles and the TB is only aobut 50k miles old.

Several videos exist on youtube for this same tick and it seems that when folks go to the Dealership they are told it’s piston slap…. or that it’s normal…

Just looking to help shed some light on this issue for several people.

I’ve ruled out already that the noise is not coming from anything on the Serp belt, it’s not the spark plugs or the rocker shaft bridge either.

ETCG is the only subscription that I have on YouTube and often I find myself watching anything just to learn more random stuff.

Thanks for reading -Stay Dirty

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[Ryan]

What are the chances that my oil pump is going bad and the noise I hear is the top end being oil starved at idle? When the truck is warmed up the oil pressure is around 15-16psi. This would make sense for why at low pressure it’s making the noise at idle and at higher pressure it’s not making the noise because there is more psi in the oiling system.

Just a thought… still working on it.

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