Well my donkey stick hit the crank pulley and got chewed up and I think the pieces went in the TB. Now my car has a little tick.What should I do. Ive removed the boot and installed a Impala one on for the meantime. I seafoamed yesterday and its still there. I would assume that the plastic would melt once it hit internals but I have no clue. What else could cause the tick. I know exhaust leak and loose plug which I will check once the weather gets better (too cold and rainy) but what does a bad lifter sound like?

 

dude that doesn't sound good at all....how did the bellow hit the crank pulley? I would have to say that you might have to pull the heads to clean it out....just my thought though.....

 

Oh and a bad lifter sounds kinda like the ticking that you are hearing.....

 

a bad liftersounds like a small ticking.

 

Trying to put my filter back on and it come out to the tiedown that holds. F%&*&ing K&N. It was like shreded pieces. It wasnt a lot just a slice out of the side of it. It is only ticking on the driverside. Do you think debris got down to the lifters to make them tick? Ive seen worse things go in engines and they make it out ok. Should I try and spray TB cleaner down into. Ive already seafoamed. I dont want to pull heads till cam goes in.

How long do I have if I have a bad lifter and when it fails what should I look for.

 

The debris would not be able to reach a lifter, what couldve happened though is the plastic may have melted against a valve or the valve seal. Dunno maybe the tick was always there but you only noticed it now cause you're a little worried.
In any case a ticking is usually either an exhaust leak, or a lifter, or a rocker, the first one is easy to check just take a hose, put one end by your ear and put the other by the manifold and hear if you have a leak.
Good luck!
ps. Maybe I read it wrong, but it appears you were putting the elbow on with the car running??? Never work on the car with it running, trust me I've had a sleeve get caught by the drivebelt and it hurt.

 

No the car wasnt running I just didnt pay attention to see if all parts were back like they were suppose to be before drive again. The tick started a couple of days after that. I hope it is just a plug loose or exhaust leak. How long do I have if it is a bad lifter. I will check for exhaust leak first then take the valve cover off and adjust the valves. The tick in noticable up top near the valve cover so I hope its a rocker.