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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 03:34 PM
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well a few months back i was flooring my car and the gas got stuck. so when i pushed the clutch in it shot up and banged off the limiter at 6700 for about 4 seconds before i shut the car off. now i get a loud ticking on a cold start i thought it might have been my stock pushrods but no checked them all and they were fine. after the car fully warms up you can barley hear it. is there anything i can do to help this like diffrent oil or something. also is it bad to keep driving the car it drives perfect, could it be anything besides a lifter no right ive checked all my plugs too
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Do a compression check, you may have bent some valves.
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but wouldnt a bent valve cause a missfire. car runs perfect no miss just ticks untill its fully warm and then you can barley hear it
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Check your spark plugs. If one is not tightened all the way, it will make a ticking noise also.
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Header gasket maybe.
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i checked the plugs i have not checked the header gasket but would boucing it off the rev limiter cause it to move or break?
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i checked the plugs i have not checked the header gasket but would boucing it off the rev limiter cause it to move or break?
I have seen and had them blow out when that has happend, thats why I mentioned it.
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hmm i never thought of checking that how would i know if its broken or blown out i cant just tell by looking at it i have to take the header off right?
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hmm i never thought of checking that how would i know if its broken or blown out i cant just tell by looking at it i have to take the header off right?
Listen, Look and Feel?
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i cant tell where the tick is comming from its hard with a cam lol i looked and felt around and nothing seemed out of the ordanary. but if it was a header gasket would the tick stay the same tone the hole time like i said once it fully heats up you can barley hear it anymore
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i cant tell where the tick is comming from its hard with a cam lol i looked and felt around and nothing seemed out of the ordanary. but if it was a header gasket would the tick stay the same tone the hole time like i said once it fully heats up you can barley hear it anymore
Check it when its cold, that what exhaust gaskets usually do when theres a tiny hole. Noisy when cold, queit when hot.
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hmm thanks so i should listen when its cold and try to see what side its on unbolt the header and take a look.
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hmm thanks so i should listen when its cold and try to see what side its on unbolt the header and take a look.
Take a peak and see, but it still could be valvetrain related though.
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i never have good luck so im not getting my hope up but thanks for some hope lol
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Man i have the same problem... Sometimes i can hear it reallll good downlow.. i mean like under the car.. the car has ABSOLUTELY no exhaust leak past the header but i havent checked the header gaskets.. im about to have to pull all that off anyway.. so hopefully ill find my problem.. i dont wanna buy new lifters id like too.. money situation though wann finish this dang thing... but every1 says it sounds like a lifter... damn chevys love em... but hate em
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If you know someone with one of those non-contact laser temperature probes, you can use that to locate the leak.
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