help problem after cam swap
07-27-2010, 12:22 PM
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help problem after cam swap Hi I just did a cam swap on my 98 trans am. Ms3 cam new comp lifters new comp 7.400 pushrods ls6 intake and pacesetter longtube headers. The care runs awesome. But every once in a while you can start to hear a tick from the mid drivers side of the motor. It comes and goes. Not very loud at all but noticable. I did the preload on the lifters correctly but I don't know exactly what's up. Any suggestions??
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07-28-2010, 10:26 PM
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oil pressure cold at idle is 40psi warm 30psi, at 2500 rpm cold around 50 psi warm 40psi.
and yes i measured, but if it was pushrods wouldent it be on all valves? this is one tick sounds like from the #4cyl area. other then that the valvetrain is quiet
and yes i measured, but if it was pushrods wouldent it be on all valves? this is one tick sounds like from the #4cyl area. other then that the valvetrain is quiet
07-28-2010, 11:20 PM
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ah okay, didnt know it was just the one area. do like the others say. pull the valve covers and see if there are any rockers that are messed up or springs.
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ok so i pulled the valve cover and everything seems ok. nothing loose at all i took all the rockers loose and inspected the pushrods for wear and all looked normal. so then i cranked it up (yes it ran off 4 cyls) and checked it all out is was noisy for a sec then wasnt so bad, oil was flowing out of all the pushrods and onto the rockers so that means that they are all pumping up right?
so i put the valve cover on and hook it all up and the noise is almost gone. so i take it for a ride and once the oil got really hot it came back, so what im going to do today is change the oil, the other day i put some marvel mistery oil in there in case a lifter wouldent pump up.
so any other ideas?
so i put the valve cover on and hook it all up and the noise is almost gone. so i take it for a ride and once the oil got really hot it came back, so what im going to do today is change the oil, the other day i put some marvel mistery oil in there in case a lifter wouldent pump up.
so any other ideas?
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ok so i pulled the valve cover and everything seems ok. nothing loose at all i took all the rockers loose and inspected the pushrods for wear and all looked normal. so then i cranked it up (yes it ran off 4 cyls) and checked it all out is was noisy for a sec then wasnt so bad, oil was flowing out of all the pushrods and onto the rockers so that means that they are all pumping up right?
so i put the valve cover on and hook it all up and the noise is almost gone. so i take it for a ride and once the oil got really hot it came back, so what im going to do today is change the oil, the other day i put some marvel mistery oil in there in case a lifter wouldent pump up.
so any other ideas?
so i put the valve cover on and hook it all up and the noise is almost gone. so i take it for a ride and once the oil got really hot it came back, so what im going to do today is change the oil, the other day i put some marvel mistery oil in there in case a lifter wouldent pump up.
so any other ideas?
