Engine started knocking/ticking on drive home
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Engine started knocking/ticking on drive home
I was out running some errands today in my 98 ws6 A4. The only mods are SLP lid and a magnaflow catback. I was getting on the interstate and as I exited the ramp I began to hear a ticking or knocking noise. I was accelerating fast but was not at WOT. I pulled off and checked the oil level(fine) and it sounds like it is coming from the driver side of the motor. Any ideas what this could be? I noticed that the motor was getting warm(temp gauge went to 50%) and the oil pressure was floating around 40 on the gauge. I had to drive it home a few miles and the noise never got better or worse. After I got home and parked it the SES light came on the next time I started it. I had a new(reman) power steering pump put in a few weeks ago could something have gone wrong with the part or the install
Do you think it would be ok to drive it 3 miles to a shop?
here is a crappy cell phone video of the noise.
Do you think it would be ok to drive it 3 miles to a shop?
here is a crappy cell phone video of the noise.
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Sometimes....first yes, see if you can move any rockers up and down, ten pull the rockers off, pull the pushrods out and roll them on a flat surface to see if any are bent.
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Yeah I almost never do reman products but I let my mechanic convince me to do it. I really hope it is just a loose rocker and not a spun bearing.
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Any special instructions for removing the valve cover/rockers/pushrods or is it pretty straight forward? Been a few years since I have done it and that was on a pontiac 400
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I'm starting to think that they are different valves then the air check valves on the AIR system. He told me they are looking at about 120 dollars for the 2 valves and they are 16 bucks on GM parts direct. He is going to call me tomorrow with the part numbers so I can verify what is being replaced.
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When my passenger side AIR valve screwed up, I think the code was 1613, it didn't make any noise. I was able to clean it out to get it working again, but it's been removed for years now.
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If it is the secondary air injection check valve (#4 in the pic.) you can do it yourself. My passenger side one got dirty and kept throwing a code. I couldn't break it free while it was on the car so I removed the tube from the manifold sprayed it with WD40 and put one side in a vice. It still took a lot of force to get it loose.
I just soaked the valve in brake cleaner and put it back together with never seize on the threads. I reused the gasket on the manifold without any problems.
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I just soaked the valve in brake cleaner and put it back together with never seize on the threads. I reused the gasket on the manifold without any problems.
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If it is the secondary air injection check valve (#4 in the pic.) you can do it yourself. My passenger side one got dirty and kept throwing a code. I couldn't break it free while it was on the car so I removed the tube from the manifold sprayed it with WD40 and put one side in a vice. It still took a lot of force to get it loose.
I just soaked the valve in brake cleaner and put it back together with never seize on the threads. I reused the gasket on the manifold without any problems.
Todd
I just soaked the valve in brake cleaner and put it back together with never seize on the threads. I reused the gasket on the manifold without any problems.
Todd