cam in and now the valve train is loud as hell
03-10-2003, 08:25 PM
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cam in and now the valve train is loud as hell I just put in a 216/220 525/532 lift cam in my 5.3 and the 2001 zo6 springs . The valve train is loud as hell, Did i do something wrong or is it suppose to sound like a motor that was run out of oil?
03-10-2003, 08:57 PM
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Re: cam in and now the valve train is loud as hell </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by RED2K:
<strong> I just put in a 216/220 525/532 lift cam in my 5.3 and the 2001 zo6 springs . The valve train is loud as hell, Did i do something wrong or is it suppose to sound like a motor that was run out of oil? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">How long did you let the engine run? It usually is pretty loud when you first fire it up for a few minutes maybe?
<strong> I just put in a 216/220 525/532 lift cam in my 5.3 and the 2001 zo6 springs . The valve train is loud as hell, Did i do something wrong or is it suppose to sound like a motor that was run out of oil? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">How long did you let the engine run? It usually is pretty loud when you first fire it up for a few minutes maybe?
03-10-2003, 09:22 PM
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Re: cam in and now the valve train is loud as hell </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by RED2K:
Did i do something wrong or is it suppose to sound like a motor that was run out of oil? [/QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> Did ya leave a part of this story out?? That doesn't sound good <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />
Did i do something wrong or is it suppose to sound like a motor that was run out of oil? [/QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> Did ya leave a part of this story out?? That doesn't sound good <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />
03-10-2003, 09:23 PM
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Re: cam in and now the valve train is loud as hell It was a used cam. It has run for a about a hour and a half total. It wouldnt stay running because we had the battery out for 2 days so the computer was giving us fits
03-11-2003, 03:15 AM
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Re: cam in and now the valve train is loud as hell Don't freak just yet. Mine took about two days to settle down and believe me...my car sounded like ball bearings in a glass jar! I was seriously upset by that but the rockers seemed to have worked themselves out again and it's now just a slight tick now. Give it a couple days and then see how it is.
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Re: cam in and now the valve train is loud as hell You don't say what brand or year cam you installed but some base circles are different. I installed an 01 LS6 cam in my 98 and got valve train noise because the base circle was smaller than my stock cam. If you installed a cam with a base circle smaller than your original cam then you don't have the correct lifter preload.
