a tick in the motor
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kopavogur in Iceland
a tick in the motor "please look"
I´m wondering my motor is starting to make an strange tick, like it was a tick in one rocker arm
first i thought it was loose rocker arm, it was not,
then i thought it was maby damaged pushrod, it was not.
then i thought it was slammin up to the valve gasket it was not
so i´m wondering what can this be, my car is whith 215cc trick flow (first edition) and high lift cam,
one thing i notest the oil was very thin, and not good looking... though it is not long sincei changed... it. my car is very rich of fuel....
are tere any suggestion what could be wrong ?
first i thought it was loose rocker arm, it was not,
then i thought it was maby damaged pushrod, it was not.
then i thought it was slammin up to the valve gasket it was not
so i´m wondering what can this be, my car is whith 215cc trick flow (first edition) and high lift cam,
one thing i notest the oil was very thin, and not good looking... though it is not long sincei changed... it. my car is very rich of fuel....
are tere any suggestion what could be wrong ?
Last edited by baezi z06; Apr 23, 2009 at 01:00 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kopavogur in Iceland
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kopavogur in Iceland
this is just the same noise if te roller rocker would be loose, if you can imagen that
wat can it be....?
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From: Simpsonville SC
I had a similiar tick, but more a squeeking noise, after a high rev. Checked everything and nothing. Pulled the heads off and it was a bent valve. I hope its something else but if everything checked out I would say its a bent valve. Good Luck
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kopavogur in Iceland
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Melting Slicks
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From: Rockford Illinois
Yes, just a slight bend can casue a the nois your hearing. The valves are ment to be straight as they move up and down. Any bend will cause them to not close or open all the way like they should. I would do a compression chack on each cylinder. The pressures wont be dead on the same, but they should be within point of eachother.
EX.
#2cyl 190
#3cyl 205
#1cyl 185
They wont be dead on but within a certain range of eachother. Im also not sure what the pressure should be.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kopavogur in Iceland
Yes, just a slight bend can casue a the nois your hearing. The valves are ment to be straight as they move up and down. Any bend will cause them to not close or open all the way like they should. I would do a compression chack on each cylinder. The pressures wont be dead on the same, but they should be within point of eachother.
EX.
#2cyl 190
#3cyl 205
#1cyl 185
They wont be dead on but within a certain range of eachother. Im also not sure what the pressure should be.
EX.
#2cyl 190
#3cyl 205
#1cyl 185
They wont be dead on but within a certain range of eachother. Im also not sure what the pressure should be.
i´m gona have somebody help me check the compression... don´t know how.....
but here is a sound sample,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr40-GgrtfM
here is another, look speciali at how the wheel-belt-arm is moving.... is that normal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37j6tMHpf-c
and here is another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoyt7Ff7Dj0
how does this sound to your ears.....
happened to mine....
Le Mans Master
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From: Winter Park FL
the speed of the tick should hint if its top or bottom end.
start with a compression test and go from there. i believe all should be witin 10% of each other. for example, i just did a compression test on my ticking motor and they all came back between 200-210. my noise, which sounded like a small hammer in the motor turned out to be a bottom end issue.
how is your oil pressure?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kopavogur in Iceland
yea it would still run smooth. i dont know of a better way to check a lifter witohut taking the car apart but i was told to take the valve covers off and turn the motor over so the lifter compresses the spring. if the spring moves back up the lifter is bad.
the speed of the tick should hint if its top or bottom end.
start with a compression test and go from there. i believe all should be witin 10% of each other. for example, i just did a compression test on my ticking motor and they all came back between 200-210. my noise, which sounded like a small hammer in the motor turned out to be a bottom end issue.
how is your oil pressure?
the speed of the tick should hint if its top or bottom end.
start with a compression test and go from there. i believe all should be witin 10% of each other. for example, i just did a compression test on my ticking motor and they all came back between 200-210. my noise, which sounded like a small hammer in the motor turned out to be a bottom end issue.
how is your oil pressure?
how can i get to the lifters?, what do i have to take appart.... or how much... not the motor out of the car.?
And one thing, when i took out all the r.r. arms and looked at te pushrods, i used the pushrod too push down on to the lifters too see if the whent back or where loose at any way, but didn´t feel any thing strange at all.
Last edited by baezi z06; Apr 23, 2009 at 09:46 AM.