1991 Toyota Celica

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1991 TOYOTA CELICA
4 CYL
FWD
MANUAL
153,000 MILES

I have a 1991 toyota celica gt, has about 153,000 miles on it. I just replaced the oil pump, water pump, timing belt, and ignition wires. After test driving it, a scraping, clicking noise popped up, kind of like a struggling noise. This happenes in 1st gear when accelerating, and then in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th gears only when accelerating at higher rpms ( around 2500-3000 rpm). It happened before the tune up, but only once in a while in 1st gear. The parts store said to change the gear oil, but I did that already, and still no change. I checked every where, body/engine, but still couldnt find where the noise was coming from. Its my first car and im still in school, I could really use some help. Thanks.

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MHPAUTOS

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Hi there, listen carfully to the noise, is it engine speed or 1/2 engine speed? What do you think.

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Monday, June 14th, 2010 AT 4:26 AM

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What do you mean? Do you mean is it losing power?

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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 AT 12:38 AM

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No, the noise, dose it sound constant with engine speed or do you think that it is less then engine speed,

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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 AT 12:53 AM

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Oh, ok. Well the noise is constant with the engine speed. It runs good except for the noise that is noticeably louder than before the tune up, and it only happens when I accelerate, not decelerating or at idle. What do you think it is?

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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 AT 2:21 AM

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Find out if the tensioner bearing was replaced, check that it is not a noisy alternator or the plastic timing cover touching the harmonic balancer or the timing belt and making a noise.

Mark (mhpautos)