i have two probs with my car. first i have a knock that sounds as though its under the rear injector on the drivers side of car, my power steering is also not working. im not throwing any codes. any suggestions?

 

forgot to say engine does not knock when cool or after i get to 25+ mph

 

VTC clack?


Rear bank chain tensioners loose?

 

not sure what your saying but for your help as the car revs up the knocking also increases in speed to. when i shift into second and rpm drops knocking also drops in speed until 25+ mph when it stops

 

if you've got any way to shoot a video of it, it might help if we could hear the sound and how fast it is, while watching your cluster. I wouldn't know about the VTC stuff, as I own a VG car (also VG has belt, yours has chains)

 

that i can do. im going to get the chains replaced though

 

You don't need to replace the chains, they are designed to last the life of the car. Unless you do it yourself, the shop time on chain replacement is going to be close to the cost to put in a JDM engine.

More than likely, your VTCs and chain tensioners need to be replaced or rebuilt.

The power steering is likely a bad pump or you have a leak somewhere and have lost enough fluid for it to not work properly.

Neither VTCs or power steering problems will throw a code.

 

im going to look for the tensioners then. im also going to try to bleed line before doing nething else with ps. does anyone know the approximate time it takes to bleed?

 

You dont bleed the PS system, just make sure its ATF and not clear fluid. Clear eats or doesnt lube the seals in the rack.

~Alex

 

you do bleed the system.

 

I thought thats what the reservoir was for?

~Alex

 

The system bleeds itself as you turn the wheel left and right. Just make sure you top up the reservoir.

 

that's how you bleed the system.

 

Oh well I dont really call that bleeding...but w/e.

~Alex

 

it's done to get the air out of the system AKA Bleeding

 

i agree sorry i took so long for video but here it is
http://s6.photobucket.com/player.swf.../VIDEO_015.flv

 

anyone know?

 

jeez.. the sound on your camera is horrible.. it's hard to tell exactly what the sound is. I just offered the idea of a video since nobody else had, but I don't own a VE, so I don't know what 'clacking' sounds like, thus I don't know if that's what it is or not.

 

Sounds like vtc clack to me...

 

yup sounds like VTC clack.

 

does anyone think the Valve Timing Control solenoid could be the problem?

 

VTC clack is the problem... there is a spring inside of it that has been warn out... and it clacks... you need 2 new VTC assemblies...or rebuild kits

P/N 13072-97E00

not the solenoids...
if you dont want to replace the solenoids you can ground them and the VTC's will no be activated.....sooo no clacking

 

1. do you mean two sprockets?
2. If i ground off will that lead to future problems?

 

grouning them to 0 volts just disables them from acutating and altering your valve timing. not to be confused with physically grinding something, which is what I thought the first week i knew that a VE had VTCs, and that they clacked.. but i figured it out quickly

all that will happen, is that your low end will stay the same but you'll lose top end power......... but I own a GXE (VG30E no VTCs or chains or DOHC or none of that fancyshmancy stuff) so someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

so do i need the sprockects? or there something else to look for?

 

you do loose power but your only going to notice it in a dyno. you wont actually notice it driving. i know people running 70k on grounded vtc's

 

so how long can i go with the grounded vtc b-4 problems start?

 

to ground off vtcs do i just run a wire from somewhere to the body?

 

http://www.geocities.com/bracecraig/maxima/vtc/vtc.html

 

Here's a link to two service bulletins that help in diagnosing what is causing the clacking problem.

http://www.mattblehm.com/faq/VTC_tsb.pdf

 

no... i dont think that grounding the VTC's will cause problems AFTER doing that rewire

 

i grounded it off. clacking stopped instantly. thanks