Bad ticking sound
10-27-2008, 07:06 PM
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well i just went and got a bottle of seafoam... ran it in the car for 45 min at 2k rpms... didnt change anything... noise is still the same... i figured it should of gotten a lil better with the treatment.....
10-27-2008, 08:11 PM
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Before you change the oil you have in there now, read ChocoTaco's write-up on Seafoam. It works wonders and is a great internal engine cleaner. Its in the General Maintenance and Repairs Forum.
10-27-2008, 08:16 PM
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i read it but i was under the assumption that it should of quieted down the lifters some concidering how hard i was running it thru for 45 min idle to wot up and down the road..lol... still noisy as ****... im wondering if its something else.. i hope not.. but i still have to wonder..
10-27-2008, 11:15 PM
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Lifter Tick I have the same problem only with my 3800. Nasty noise and I have tried both Marvel Mystery oil and Lucas and still running 10W30. Ill have to try the 5W30. BTW what exhaust do you have in the video?
10-27-2008, 11:42 PM
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I've had the same exact noise as in that audio clip posted earlier... Turned out I had a bent pushrod, but I drove around with that noise just getting louder and louder... until I heard a loud metal cling-clong-ding! - pushrod snapped and I didn't get all the remains of the pushrod till I upgraded my heads.
Do yourself a favor and take a peak underneath the valve covers and see if the pushrods look nice and straight and not worn down.
Check out the pics in this thread - https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...926&highlight=
Do yourself a favor and take a peak underneath the valve covers and see if the pushrods look nice and straight and not worn down.
Check out the pics in this thread - https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...926&highlight=
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10-28-2008, 12:17 AM
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I've had the same exact noise as in that audio clip posted earlier... Turned out I had a bent pushrod, but I drove around with that noise just getting louder and louder... until I heard a loud metal cling-clong-ding! - pushrod snapped and I didn't get all the remains of the pushrod till I upgraded my heads.
Do yourself a favor and take a peak underneath the valve covers and see if the pushrods look nice and straight and not worn down.
Check out the pics in this thread - https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...926&highlight=
Do yourself a favor and take a peak underneath the valve covers and see if the pushrods look nice and straight and not worn down.
Check out the pics in this thread - https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...926&highlight=
10-28-2008, 12:18 AM
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i read it but i was under the assumption that it should of quieted down the lifters some concidering how hard i was running it thru for 45 min idle to wot up and down the road..lol... still noisy as ****... im wondering if its something else.. i hope not.. but i still have to wonder..
10-28-2008, 06:28 PM
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ok i think ive gone nuts... i spent the last 2 hrs with a screwdriver to my damned ear.... not a sound from the valve covers... it seems to be louder under the car near the starter area.....
a year ago i replaced my starter and when i took the old one out the aluminum nose piece was broken off... inside the housing i am assuming.... COULD this be what i am hearing.... wouldnt it be loose and rattling rather than one place and increasing in tapping when i rev..... help me guys im at a loss..... like i said... it appears lounder underneath....
a year ago i replaced my starter and when i took the old one out the aluminum nose piece was broken off... inside the housing i am assuming.... COULD this be what i am hearing.... wouldnt it be loose and rattling rather than one place and increasing in tapping when i rev..... help me guys im at a loss..... like i said... it appears lounder underneath....
10-28-2008, 09:09 PM
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ok i think ive gone nuts... i spent the last 2 hrs with a screwdriver to my damned ear.... not a sound from the valve covers... it seems to be louder under the car near the starter area.....
a year ago i replaced my starter and when i took the old one out the aluminum nose piece was broken off... inside the housing i am assuming.... COULD this be what i am hearing.... wouldnt it be loose and rattling rather than one place and increasing in tapping when i rev..... help me guys im at a loss..... like i said... it appears lounder underneath....
a year ago i replaced my starter and when i took the old one out the aluminum nose piece was broken off... inside the housing i am assuming.... COULD this be what i am hearing.... wouldnt it be loose and rattling rather than one place and increasing in tapping when i rev..... help me guys im at a loss..... like i said... it appears lounder underneath....
firgured you had a 3.8... lol common problem.. mine had it too..
like we said, take your covers off and look..
10-28-2008, 09:11 PM
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ill pull the covers tommorow.... what am i looking for when i pull them?.... what will be a teltale sign that a lifter is bad or not...
im just leaning away from valvetrain probs. since i didnt seem to hear it in the valvecovers.. i dunno
im just leaning away from valvetrain probs. since i didnt seem to hear it in the valvecovers.. i dunno
10-29-2008, 02:36 PM
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pulled the covers today... only thing i could find was a pushrod had a dent opr something in it... like something scraped a piece of themetal off of it... i replaced the pushrod but its still doing the same damned thing
10-30-2008, 05:25 PM
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its like a small scrape... im gonna change all the lifters and push rods this weekend.. is it something thats fairly easy?... ive done a lot of mechanic work but never internal engine... ive read that i just gotta pull the upper and lower intake manifolds and the valve covers.. oooor do i have to yank the heads too?
