mfgtucson

Every once in a while my car sounds like a canary, then it sounds like a bad lifter. Any ideas? Thanks bob

Daddybugs

tell me more about your engine: is it stock or modified and how modified? then i might be able to help you...DDBS

Alan 71

I'll follow along with DDBS.... does it sound like a STOCK canary or a HIGH PERFORMANCE canary?. Sorry, that's what came to mind.
A little more information will help get you some actual answers.
Regards,
Alan

NBC3

WHen I installed my engine I drove for a few moles and it started to sound like a police siren was mounted under the hood. WHen I checked it was the carbeurator flange. the bolts had come loose and the gasket was vibtrating like a blade of grass between your fingers. Crazy

SmokinBBC

Sounds like a canary and then a bad lifter? Is the bad lifter sound a clacking coming from the bottom area near the oil pan?

Paul L

Is that a sign of a bad lifter?

Skip Burney

Call NPR and talk to the tappett brothers click and clack. They could do a half hour on the canary. Just tying to lighten things up a little.

SmokinBBC

No. I was thinking spun bearing. Whining and then a clacking sound equal to the rotation of the crankshaft.

But whining can come from belts, power steering pump, etc.

ghoastrider1

just a shot in twe dark here..the sound of rings breaking,then hammering on the piston top?

Skip Burney

can the whine come from a stuck fan clutch