Re: RE: Loud Ticking

From: JAMEPC@aol.com
Date: Sat Sep 20 2003 - 14:49:25 EDT


What's the best way to isolate a bad lifter? I'm gonna take the valve cover
off and check for a loose rocker arm. Anything else I should visibly see
concerning the possile bad lifter? Will there be excessive play in the push rod?
Thanks,
James

In a message dated 9/19/2003 8:19:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
barnesrv@comcast.net writes:

> Sounds like a lifter failing. How is your oil level ? It is remotely
> possibly a bad spark plug wire, with the spark jumping to ground, but it
> might miss if this was happening.
>
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> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:40 PM
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> Subject: DML: Loud Ticking
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> All of a sudden theres this loud ticking. It sounds like it's coming from
> the #2 or # 4 cylinder area. It could be an exhaust leak but what else
> would
> make a large metalic ticking sound? It's a constant 3 ticks per second at
> idle
> and increases proportionatly with rpm's. It can be easily heard from inside
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> the cab with the windows up.
> Thanks for any help.
> James
> '93 318
>



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