well, it wasnt the pushrods :(
well, it wasnt the pushrods :( I bent some pushrods on a missed shift last weekend and I replaced the 3 that were bent. THe car still idles like crap and makes a faint taping sound,
what is the next step? Pull the head and check out the lifters?
what is the next step? Pull the head and check out the lifters?
Staging Lane
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Northampton, PA
Originally Posted by GuitsBoy
Yes, compression / leakdown test. If you fail that, time to pull the heads and check for eyebrows on your pistons.
Yep, samething happened to my buddy, but he bent 8 push rods and dented his pistons. We just had to replace the intake valves and lapped them onto his heads.
