Ticking noise after cam install
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Ticking noise after cam install
Just finished my SNS Stage 2 milder cam install a couple nights ago and everything seemed great. Valvetrain was quiet and everything seemed good. Today I took it on it's 3rd drive since the swap and it developed a loud ticking noise. To me it sounds like lifter tick. It is relatively quiet at idle but when driving it gets very loud. I replaced the oil pump during the swap, and oil pressure is good with 40 psi at idle. I used the dowel rod method to keep the lifters up during the swap.
Right now I'm thinking one of my lifters are done, or pushrods are possibly too short. I ordered the 7.400's with the cam package and I measured and came up with a 7.325 at zero lash, meaning my preload should be .075. I found the pushrod length checker to be a little tricky to use so I also counted the number of turns from zero lash to 22 ft/lb and it was just short of 1 3/4 turns. This gives me an approximate preload of around .080.
I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow so I won't be able to tear into the car until a week from now, I just need to get some ideas on what I need to be checking when I get back. Has anybody every experienced something like this? Also, I would be interested to see what pushrod length other people are running on the SNS stage 2. I'm thinking I might need the 7.425's. Heads/gaskets are stock.
Right now I'm thinking one of my lifters are done, or pushrods are possibly too short. I ordered the 7.400's with the cam package and I measured and came up with a 7.325 at zero lash, meaning my preload should be .075. I found the pushrod length checker to be a little tricky to use so I also counted the number of turns from zero lash to 22 ft/lb and it was just short of 1 3/4 turns. This gives me an approximate preload of around .080.
I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow so I won't be able to tear into the car until a week from now, I just need to get some ideas on what I need to be checking when I get back. Has anybody every experienced something like this? Also, I would be interested to see what pushrod length other people are running on the SNS stage 2. I'm thinking I might need the 7.425's. Heads/gaskets are stock.
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I installed that same cam this spring 2000mi on it
it's quiet I used 7.4 pushrods and preload was about
1-5\8 turns LS7 lifters.
Looking under the valve cover and barring the motor
over is where I would start.
it's quiet I used 7.4 pushrods and preload was about
1-5\8 turns LS7 lifters.
Looking under the valve cover and barring the motor
over is where I would start.
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Yea I figure the first thing I need to do is pull the valve covers and re-check my preload on each lifter.
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Preload sounds good on the one(s) you originally checked. You will have to check preload on every lifter and you may find a collapsed lifter. Although if it only only rattles at higher rpm you be chasing a ghost. 124k on those lifters is a ton of miles, what kind of lobes does that cam have? Are they aggressive?
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Preload sounds good on the one(s) you originally checked. You will have to check preload on every lifter and you may find a collapsed lifter. Although if it only only rattles at higher rpm you be chasing a ghost. 124k on those lifters is a ton of miles, what kind of lobes does that cam have? Are they aggressive?
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Alright guys I finally got around to taking the valve covers off and everything checked out good except for a clogged pushrod. I unclogged the pushrod and the noise still persists. This noise comes only when holding above 1500+ rpm for at least 30 seconds. Once I let the engine idle the noise goes away after another 30 seconds.
Does sound like a bad oil pump o ring to anybody? I replaced the oil pump during the swap and re-used to o ring since the pump didn't come with one. At cold start up I have 60 psi at idle and when it gets warm I have anywhere from 30-40 psi.
Does sound like a bad oil pump o ring to anybody? I replaced the oil pump during the swap and re-used to o ring since the pump didn't come with one. At cold start up I have 60 psi at idle and when it gets warm I have anywhere from 30-40 psi.
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Alright guys I finally got around to taking the valve covers off and everything checked out good except for a clogged pushrod. I unclogged the pushrod and the noise still persists. This noise comes only when holding above 1500+ rpm for at least 30 seconds. Once I let the engine idle the noise goes away after another 30 seconds.
Does sound like a bad oil pump o ring to anybody? I replaced the oil pump during the swap and re-used to o ring since the pump didn't come with one. At cold start up I have 60 psi at idle and when it gets warm I have anywhere from 30-40 psi.
Does sound like a bad oil pump o ring to anybody? I replaced the oil pump during the swap and re-used to o ring since the pump didn't come with one. At cold start up I have 60 psi at idle and when it gets warm I have anywhere from 30-40 psi.
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You said all the rockers were torqued to the correct spec or else I would say check that.
Maybe if you took a video of it it would help more. Could you try that?
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in for an answer, ive got the EXACT same problem. LS2 forged and stroked to a 402, oil is about 60 at start up and 30-40 after warming up. It really isnt prevalent until higher up in the RPM range (above 1500 like you) ive got a video clip with the sound maybe its similar to yours? and mine does follow RPM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_QP...ature=youtu.be
mayve if it is just like yours this will help people trouble shoot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_QP...ature=youtu.be
mayve if it is just like yours this will help people trouble shoot?
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in for an answer, ive got the EXACT same problem. LS2 forged and stroked to a 402, oil is about 60 at start up and 30-40 after warming up. It really isnt prevalent until higher up in the RPM range (above 1500 like you) ive got a video clip with the sound maybe its similar to yours? and mine does follow RPM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_QP...ature=youtu.be
mayve if it is just like yours this will help people trouble shoot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_QP...ature=youtu.be
mayve if it is just like yours this will help people trouble shoot?
This is what my bent ones looked like. They were visually straight but when you rolled them you could tell they were bent by the way they sounded in comparison to the non marked up ones. They were hardened pushrods too so you can still bend them just seems like not as severe.
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in for an answer, ive got the EXACT same problem. LS2 forged and stroked to a 402, oil is about 60 at start up and 30-40 after warming up. It really isnt prevalent until higher up in the RPM range (above 1500 like you) ive got a video clip with the sound maybe its similar to yours? and mine does follow RPM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_QP...ature=youtu.be
mayve if it is just like yours this will help people trouble shoot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_QP...ature=youtu.be
mayve if it is just like yours this will help people trouble shoot?
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alright, ill pull the covers and look at the pushrods, my heads are milled but im not sure how much. it was all done by a reputable shop out in houston by a previous owner but you never know. Ill take a look, thanks. sorry predator i thought we might have been ticking "buddies" haha
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From what I can tell, yours sounds more "rattlely" than mine. Mine sounds more like a solid tick/knock that starts out quiet then builds up to be very loud. It only occurs when holding the rpms above 1500 for more than around 30 seconds when at operating temp, then it goes away when I let it idle for a bit. If I just rev it up like you were in the video, it sounds completely normal.
alright, ill pull the covers and look at the pushrods, my heads are milled but im not sure how much. it was all done by a reputable shop out in houston by a previous owner but you never know. Ill take a look, thanks. sorry predator i thought we might have been ticking "buddies" haha
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The way you describe your noise it sounds a lot like what mine was except it would not go away and it was at all rpms. I'd take a look at the pushrods and hope it's just that since that is an easy fix.
If your heads are milled and you are using the stock length pushrods they are going to be too long. It's quite easy to check the pushrods so do that. Make sure the surface is perfectly flat. They visually might be straight but listen to the noise it makes when it rolls. If it makes somewhat of a pulsing sound vs a consistent sound they are bent.
If your heads are milled and you are using the stock length pushrods they are going to be too long. It's quite easy to check the pushrods so do that. Make sure the surface is perfectly flat. They visually might be straight but listen to the noise it makes when it rolls. If it makes somewhat of a pulsing sound vs a consistent sound they are bent.
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It's quite obvious if you broke a valve spring when you take the valve cover off. Not sure what kind you have but usually you can move them around if you broke one. If you have duals maybe you only broke the inner one (if you did in fact break one)
As far as the pushrods, if you milled the heads you need to get the proper length pushrods.
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It's quite obvious if you broke a valve spring when you take the valve cover off. Not sure what kind you have but usually you can move them around if you broke one. If you have duals maybe you only broke the inner one (if you did in fact break one)
As far as the pushrods, if you milled the heads you need to get the proper length pushrods.
As far as the pushrods, if you milled the heads you need to get the proper length pushrods.
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If it was milled before hand and you are using stock length push rods then they are too long. You need to get an adjustable push rod tool to measure the length you need. There's a couple threads on it somewhere around here.
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Alright, the ticking is definitely coming from the drivers side. I just re-checked the top end on that side and everything is fine. I'm pretty certain one of my lifters just said "hell no" to the new cam.