Perhaps your ricker arms are not adjusted properly? Any excess play here
would definately generate some noise. Also, If you didn't put the pushrods
and rocker arms back where they came from that could create some noise as
well. These thinge get used to working with eachother and like to go back
to their home.
-Josh
""Ken Allgood"" <kenallgood@cox.net> wrote in message
news:001d01c2b052$7284d530$6401a8c0@ken...
>
> Ok, this is more on my Probe (yeah yeah yeah).. Once I got it put back
> together, it's making a horrible tapping noise.... now, this was evident
> beforehand, but not to this extent... Since the only thing I really
ever
> did was remove and put back the Rocker Arm Shaft Assemblies, I'm guessing
it
> must be these... I bolted them back on as tight as I thought was needed
> (FSM didn't give torque specs), and it didn't feel like they were getting
> tighter, so I stopped tightening... Maybe too much oil??? There is
> maybe 1/2 qt too much in the system, and unfortunately, I do not have an
oil
> pan to drain the oil out into.... Anything else I might have missed????
>
> Ken Allgood
> 97 CC SLT 5.2L
>
>
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