Help please on Ding type sound.
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Help please on Ding type sound. (solved)
I drove my baby home last nite it was running like normal. When I started at 3 pass noon it was running rough and a Dinging type sound. The sound was coming from the passager side front part of the valve cover. I took it off and nothing looks out of place.
It got good oil
Can someone please aid me in this please?
It got good oil
Can someone please aid me in this please?
Last edited by Blame; Jan 12, 2011 at 09:52 PM. Reason: solved
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Not sure if this is the start of the problem.
When I turn the car on it run ok but the RPM jumps from 800 to 600 and back but stop as I pull out and start driving. Like I said not sure if this has anything to do with it.
When I turn the car on it run ok but the RPM jumps from 800 to 600 and back but stop as I pull out and start driving. Like I said not sure if this has anything to do with it.
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With the valve cover off, you can start it up for a few seconds and see/hear where the clacking is coming from. Could be the valvetrain; rocker arm backed off, flat cam lobe, broken spring... or it could be an exhaust manifold leak; bad gasket or broken weld. Just hold a sheet of cardboard inside the valvecover ridge to redirect the oil. Good luck.
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Ok it morning when help get here Ill get started. Ill shot a little video and hope you all can hear the sound im talking about. Wish me luck on a easy fix or send all get well cards to the ICU.
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Ok, I found the problem and it getting fix in the morning. I had a lifter go out and bend a push rod. The sound I was hearing was the bent push rod. The Rocker has no damage. Im going to replace just the one lifter and push rod, and later with the tax return do a rebuild to fix and renew my motors life.
