how many of you have a noisy v6, wether its a tapping lifter (ME) squeeky belts....and how many miles? im just kinda curious

yeah i do.




from my headers, downpipe and catback, lol

the only time mine has ever been loud was from the old y-pipe getting pinholes of rust

mine was really noisey.........The rod was knocking

really noisy...exhaust manifold is leaking, and there is a clicking sound on harder acceleration which i assume is a rocker arm that needs tightening. not sure what the engine milage is, since it is a swapped motor and not original to the car, guessing about 200,000km

It's noisy when I get on it hard

Doward, I don't think the sound of a spooling turbo and and the ensuing boost count for what he's looking for.

exhaust leak at the ds head
not my cars fault though. the stealership didn put any dist. bolts in and i ran lean/rich for a week. nothin i can do now, that was 2 years ago.

Mine ticked when I sold it ... think it was a lifter...

Mine's pretty noisy all around... but my exhaust dumps about 3' after the turbo... keeps me from hearing any abnormal noises that I really don't want to.

About every 3 months my car starts squeeling its alternator belt. I almost have that damn thing back into alignment so it'll stop eating belts.

hey all the man asked for was noisy v6's.......
why not toss him some good along with the bad

Alright
My 3.4 in the Firebird is very quiet.
Only noise I do hear is the fuel injectors clicking.
On my Blazer 3.4 swap I still need to adjust, a bit more, the lifters.

My alternator's starting to sound "rough"; I think another bearing set is about to fry. (sigh) Good thing I got the lifetime warranty alternators!

Mine has been going clack clack clack and tick tick tick for a few years now it has 237,000 miles on it. but still gets 20+ MPG

5500 miles on the engine, the injectors click kinda loud, the Catco cat rattles until its warmed up (this bugs me cause its new), a/c pulley squeaks a little (but the compressor leaks anyway, so new one soon).

Mine was noisy for no reason a couple weeks ago. Just a rattling noise.

Then it got louder. And louder. Then I kept losing oil pressure...

Eventually it got really loud at a nice busy intersection and the oil pressure gauge went wacko.

Yup spun bearings can be quite loud at times..... also can make your car die if you keep driving it

RIP 2.8L, I'm not fixing that thing up lol

EDIT: 173k miles on the engine too..... and I only drove it for about 200 of it (damnit I got screwed)

Mine sounds nice and loud, sounds like an American car.

3.1L V6 with a 5-Speed.

Oh yeah, 175K miles D: and still runs like the day she came out of the showroom floor

my tranny makes a kitty hairball puking noise sometimes

I have a lifter tick when its cold then it goes away when its warm, but can't complain it has 204,000 original kms on it!

oh ya have some detionation right now too, have to retard the timing a bit!

when did ur lifter start ticking?

230K miles and I have a little jingle from a clip that holds on the window sill molding on the driver door.

mine was before I got it. it was at 195,000 kms when I got it.

Well if I can hear anything over exhaust the only thing I can hear is the rattling of lose tailipipe connecting to passenger side muffler that got damaged when I rolled backwards into a ditch. And of course lots of squeaks and creaks from door and window.

My 91 has 125,000 miles on it. Doesn't make many problem noises, just AC pully squeaking occasionally. The alternator makes a nice rattling noise when the AC or heat is turned on. It's getting to be time to replace that. Whenever the two of those make any noise it can hardly be heard over the exhaust, pretty minor.

well mine now makes no noise I spun a rod bearing on sunday then I tryed to make it home and then the rod let go and cracked the block so now I am going to look for a newer 2.8 with the larger journals (86 +?)

This is off topic but find a 3.4 to build upon.
That's a 3.4 under the 1985 induction/ignition/exhaust system.
Downside to this swap.
Electric fuel pump is needed for your ride as a 3.4 has no provision for mechanical fuel pump.
Look to this swap as a blessing.
You'd be close to the 100th person who has already swapped to 3.4 power!

at idle my engine ticks once for every rotation of the belt. Dont know why.

hmm.. well now that i think about it, right after i found out the starter needed to be replaced n the battery barely had any juice left in it (not enough to start the car), the car made a barely audible ticking noise for like a day.. of course, when the battery finally died it stopped

but before that there were no abnormal noises or anything

is this something i should be concerned about? the sooner i know the better cuz the car is being brought to a shop to get the starter replaced

For some reason my AC compressor is NOISY when it engages. Usually its a soft click, but mine is like a claymore anti-personell mine going off.

i wish i could find another V6 bird or maro... i miss the sound of engine.... boom, voom, voom, boom, click, click, click, splatter, DEAD!! Anyone got one forsale? i am looking for one for summer need to get some go gas mileage..and something to drive while i work on my car!

trans am mike, u mean it clicks when u turn the key but doesnt turn over? because mine did that. it was the starter. so u made a good move takin it in . mine would click like 4 times before itd finally fire.

I have a flowmaster 80 series, no cat, and a penny sized hole right at the rear hanger. And there was a time when I thought it sounded good.

nah i first noticed the clicking after i decided i was gonna change the starter, when the engine was off. it was coming from the front of the car. i think it might have had somethin to do with the battery burnin out the very last amount of charge it had

lol i have an 85 berlinetta with a 2.8l and it sounds like it has a 350 in it, mostly because the cat convert is hollowed out i want a V8 bad.

Lets see, I've got a ticking noise when I come to a stop.
Random squeeky inner panels and moldings that like to jump around.
And an idle problem that makes it sound like I'm gonna do a burnout at every stop light I come to.

almost 190,000

Well this thread is old...

Just over 130000 miles and have a cylinder that is missing, a very squecky interior, and the whole car vibrates at idle or with the AC on.

My car ticks, knocks, and squeaks. I think they all do. Every third gen v6 bird or camaro i came across had some kind of tick or knock. I got 140,000 miles.

I got some sorta exhaust issue... and something fell off my car the other day while driving.. maybe i shoulda stopped to see wat it was...

The only 2 noises that my car makes, besides the interior noises, are my exhaust manifolds leak and a mystery rattle near my alternator(probubly is my alternator).



That probubly would have been a good move....

mine sounds like a 305 at idle. then once i get on it it sounds like a whipped 2.8 again. but it has put down 120HP on a dyno.

The exhaust in mine is flawless sounding. Some people even think I have a V8, the guy did my magnaflow setup perfect =)

other than that? hell... the compressor is shot (at least i think its the compressor...). it spins when i turn on the AC/heater and it will only spin for maybe 15 seconds then click and stop (the belt runs around it still so the engine runs fine, although that might be normal, im not too much of a gear head.), sometimes when i start going it almost sounds like theres a piece of tape or something on my car, it whips and flaps a bit but it goes away. and theres a strange almost fluttering in the engine i really dont know what it is.

oh and on high RPM shifts theres a boom sound. not very loud but i can't tell if its the tires trying to spin, the front suspention hitting itself (shot bushings), the drive train (i did some road tests and it doesn't seem like it) or the transmission.

=/

oh and the dash is cracked so it squeeks a bit. the interior is fine in it though hah =) my stereo system finds any loose screw or bolt though let me tell you...

after i do the bushings and possibly a K&N cold air intake along with a fluid/filter exchange (all) before i go into winter limp-along mode, come spring im having an engine/suspention check and diag run, and start replacing parts before summer =) ive already put about 4k into it with repairs and paint (and unforseen costs... >.>) but all worth it. almost showroom quality as is

Mine is. The whole exhaust system is original and rusty every time I hit a bump I have a new leak, the car has 200,000 miles always a MN car and does not have major rust and runs like a low mileage beater LOL. I just posted this video in another thread but here is my loud car, its a lot louder in person.

http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h3...3-21-07021.flv

here is another one with me trying to make it up the driveway haha

http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h3...ent=camaro.flv

Mine's got 194080 on it. Exhaust manifold is missing 3 bolts on drivers side, 2 on pass side. My exhaust gets lower and lower ever day because my Y-pipe is bent from hitting a speed bump too fast, and caused a joint to start breaking loose. The tappits sound like they're gonna come through the valve covers. I found a 3.4 V6 though, so I can fix it soon.. Oh yea, and my 2.8 pushes out black smoke every time I start it, and it only starts well on really cold days.

Rattles? Gutted hood no hinges with urethane everything, 500in/lb front springs and 175 progressive rears. Oh ya I've got rattles.

PS, starting better on cold days could be your IAT sensor.