About 2 weeks ago I hit my Camry (1989, sv21, 3sf-e) on a ~10cm high (shaped like ...-'''') traffic island at maybe 20km/hour. The car came down quite noisily but still run well afterward. When I checked the car in the morning I could see nothing wrong apart from some noise (rattling, clattering kind of noise) from inside the engine, probably along the entire length (not isolated to a single spot.) Around the engine in that general area there seems to be nothing that could rattle. The noise is absent when idling but could be heard from inside the car when rev up moderately (above 1500 rpm?) Can anybody guess what this noise might be? If it's in the engine head (tappet etc.) then I might open it up to have a look. If I have to go past the head gasket then I will just live with it. Apart from the noise the car still drive the same as before the incident.
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19 years ago