David,
Have you ever had your timing chain replaced? I have a '92 v-6 which had
horrible ticking until I replaced the timing chain. It didn't completely go
away, but the 6er's have a normal ticking anyhow, but what a difference it made
with a new timing chain!!
"psychonaut"
David Henry wrote:
> I've got what could be the valve tick noise thing going. It's fairly loud.
> I did the big screwdriver to the ear thing and it sounds the loudest on
> the passenger valve covers. It's also quite noisy on the fuel rails. I
> forgot to even check the drivers side as it sounds like it's coming from
> the passenger side. I also hear a much fainter noise on the manifold.
>
> Is this likely to be the valves? Can the injectors make a ticking noise?
> I know it didn't always do this, so is this something that occurs with
> age?
>
> I may try to hook up a microphone up to the end of the screwdriver and see
> if I can get some wav files recorded. Sort of analogous to "a picture is
> worth 1K words".
>
> David Henry '94 CC 4x4 318 5Spd in MI
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