What is this noise ?

Im have 97 rs auto 120xxx mile. And every morning when I start the car, I heard some tapping noise come from the timing belt pully. But after I let it warm up, ride for a while the tapping noise go away. Only happent in the morning , or when the car cold start. thanks

Sounds like lifter tick to me.

Is that normal, any damage to the engine. Im not sure how to descrise the noise to you guy, can any one know where I can download a clip of lift tick sound like ?. thanks for rely

Lifter tick doesnt do anything, its more of an annoying thing. Sounds like it tho

yeah sounds like lifter tick. my gst got lifter tick allready.

Lifter noise makes it a genuine DSM

yesterday when I was heard the lift tick ( I was scare, something wrong with my engine ), so I pop uncrew the timing belt cover, and the pully was dirty ( very little oil ), Im thinking spay some dw-40 , but I dont have none, so I spay some brake cleaner on the timming belt pullt ( is this bad ). What can I spay to clean out the timming belt pully ? thanks.

Ummm, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't brake cleaner eat rubber? Like the same rubber that the timing belt is made out of?...

Ummm, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't brake cleaner eat rubber? Like the same rubber that the timing belt is made out of?...

If that true then I fuck !

I'm not sure if the fluid would eat the rubber but what ever you do don't put anything on your timing belt :shakehead . That's just asking for disaster. If it's lifter tick you'll just have to find a remedy for it(i.e. oil additive, oil change, or getting over it).

you could have just created a disaster by spraying your timing belt with brake cleaner. NEVER LET ANY FLUIDS TOUCH THE TIMING BELT, even if it's a "cleaner"

thanks guy.