That timer sound is normal i think all of us 4gs have it its like click click click click click? And that sound might be just your heat shield I guess it gets loose and rattles against the exhaust.

 

:ditto:

If it's louder then normal it could be an exhaust leak from around exhaust manifold, or exhaust connections. It also could be your CAT broke up inside and the honey comb it bouncing around.

But our engines do have a tick to them like the valves are lose, but that is a lower ticking sound.

2006 Eclipse Factory Service Manual | Tearstone

 

Thank you both for the replies. I'm soaking the bolts with pb blaster to take the heat shield off and taking a look. I took a video, however it would not let me upload.

 

I think you need one more Post to upload pic's and videos. But I would like to hear what's going on with that noise.

If you are taking the time to remove heat shields, don't worry about putting them back anytime soon, they won't effect anything.

 

Alright, I will plan on keeping them off. I will now try to upload the video on the next post.

 

I tried, to no avail. It keeps saying invalid file. I couldn't find what type of video file would be accepted here.

 

https://youtu.be/6YHZymtAU0E

 

Alright, I took off the heat shields and hit the manifold and everything else along the exhaust. I didn't notice anything loose sounding. However, what I did notice was a burning rubber smell this time. The strange thing is the sound went away for a second and then came back.

 

Update, I decided to take it to a shop. I was driving it over and really started smelling the burning smell and when I was coming to a stop the engine was actually stalling. I'm very at a loss to what the issue will be.

I will update this thread when I find out what the issue is.

 

Sound on the video keeps cutting in and out.

Burning rubber, stall, did it start up again, did you make it to the shop, how many miles do you have on your Eclipse? Yep, that's a lot of questions. When was the last time your time belt was changed? If you above 70,000+ mileage... Hmm.

 

The car has 100k miles. I do not know if the previous owner replaced the timing belt. I took the cover off and inspected it, it looked good. After it stalled, it did start back up.

 

Well 100,000 sounds like a good time to change the timing belt seeings how it should be changed at 70,000. Most members will tell you that when they changed their belts that they looked brand new, no cracks, no missing teeth. However, belts do stretch and timing can start to go away. Many members ask the same question, how do I know if the belt was changed?? You can't tell!!

If you car is running rough, I'm surprised you're not getting a check engine light. Have you taken your car to an auto parts store to have any pending codes?? It could be anything from MAF sensor, bad plugs, to a bad CAT.

 

Actually, I took it to a shop. I'm waiting to hear back from them. I appreciate all of your input!

 

Alright, so the verdict was AC compressor going bad. I was quoted $1,100 to fix it. So, I'm going to eliminate the AC altogether. Thank you for all of your help.

 

A bit pricey if you ask me... You can kill to birds with one stone. You are going to need to change your timing belt soon. The same basic parts need to come out for the timing belt change, so you can probably half the labor charges and save some money. Plus to get the old compressor out, you'll have to tear into it to remove the compressor and figure out a new serpentine belt setup seeing how the serpentine belt runs the compressor.