What's slowering it down?

[exexexex]

Last week till today,it's been a very tough time for me.I forgot there was a car parked behind me and reversed my car till I heard"bang!",got my rear bumper scratched last Saturday.And today I locked myself outside of the car when the engine was on,I finally managed to open the door by a iron pick,however my dorr rubber seal was broken and the window metal trim was also scratched..........

Yet this is not all. the grinding noise is getting louder when I hit exactly 1800-2000 rpm,and disappeared after that.The ticking sound is getting more aggresive and I could feel the car is slowering down. The rainy season started here,and it was pouring today the whole day.I had to turn my A/C on in order to remove the steam.After I turned the AC on,the car seemed to be much slower. I know turning on the AC will slower it down a bit.But it's just not that normal....

Ok,the point is,I really have no time during the weekdays to take it to the shop.Since I don't have a garage myself,I can't even check the engine bay while it's raining like crazy outside.I am just wondering what is the "thing" that slowering my car down.Could be the exhaust valve? Or cauz my valve gasket was bad and 2 of my spark plugs dipped in the oil? Or my EGR ports have been clogged since it bogs between 1500-1800?Or something else that I haven't figured out? The thing that I am really worrying about now is the loud grinding sound at 1800-2000 rpm,it only apprears when I accelerate,but not deaccelerate.Could be belt?
I was fooling myself that "wait a bit more,my car still drives ok".But today when I drove home in that big rain in my car which ran like crap,I really felt bad............

[Nycxeracer]

wow, you just got a lot of things going on over there, lol.

sounds like maybe you should check your exhaust system, could be a possible downpipe problem or even with your piping in general. Sounds similar to a problem I had.

Side Note: Those lil girls look jus like my cousins, cute kids.

[dwf137]

the bogging at 1800-2000 rpms would be the colgged egr ports.

[exexexex]

thanx for the reply guys.yeah,I believe it's the egr ports.However,the grinding sound apprears at 2000rmp kinda not from the engine area,but pulley side instead.I have no idea what may cause that.Belt? Timing belt?
Also,today,when I finally got a chance to check my oil level since it's kinda sunny today.The oil was only at the first hole........ it's like 2400 Km since last oil change.I have no idea how come that about 1 litre oil just disappeared???? I had no smoke comes out of my exhaust pipe.Just steams.And no residue left on the ground when start up the car in the morning.So....what could it be?
As I poured 1 litre new oil into the engine this evening.The car didn't seem to be any better tonight,ticking,grinding,still the same.Now I really kinda think it could be something with the exhaust.Cauz my rpm will drop a bit if I rev it in park even the car has been fully warmed.
sighs.............

[91accord4door]

u never did your egr ports....i even gave u detailed steps man.

[exexexex]

yeah,bro,I really really wanna do it,but just every time when I am off,the weather is bad,or either something showed up that prevented me from it. 3 weeks ago,there was day that I could do it,but one day before that.I found out that there is ticking sound when I accelerate.This really draws all my attention to it and....... I will do them this week when I am off if weather permits.However,now it's not the bogging that kills me,it's the ticking and the grinding with poor engine performance.Maybe I should do the egr first? But the ticking really makes me worried much now.sighs.

[91accord4door]

have u checkd your valve lash? if not try a valve adjustment. that might quite things a bit.

[exexexex]

yeah,that's what I am thinking bro.I am gonna do a valve adjustment either this week or next week when I am off.The shop quoted me 110 CDN for doing that.However,I am really afraid that it's my cam........... or one of the valves been bent.hope not.......

O,and one thing here,I tried to rev my engine when it's in park and neutral.There is no grinding sound at 2000 RPM.....hummm,what it could be? Hard to imagine for me.

Thanx for your reply bro!

[exexexex]

today,just the same thing,grinding and ticking.The ticking really scared me that I dared not to rev over 3k rpm.Some people also said it could be the exhaust down pipe that making that grinding sound......but definitely it's not from my engine area I can tell.
Will the valve gasket leaking cause oil leak? Cauz the only thing I can imagine is that.My engine leaked 1 litre oil in 2500 Kms.With no smoke from exhaust pipe and no residue on the ground.....hard to think what's really wrong.

[exexexex]

will a thicker oil do the magic? ............ Will go to the shop tomorrow and let's see.Hope really no biggie.