Hey guys, having ****loads of problems with teh car after heads/cam.

I have a noise that is kinda like a ticking but kinda like something bouncing around in the f'n motor.

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Tried "listening" in with a pipe against the valve covers, however doesnt seem to be working. The ticking is pretty loud so you can hear it regardless. And when you stand on one side of the motor, it sounds like it is coming from the other side, and vise versa

Gonna drain the oil later today and cut the filter open and see waht we find.

 

may be a dumb question but did you check all your header bolts?

 

yup they are all tight with stage 8 locks on em, they aint going anywhere

 

I had a lifter go bad in mine which caused a ticking sound. It sounded like a valve tap. I found it by removing the valve cover and starting the engine. Don't worry, it won't spray oil all over the place. Then put a mechanics stethoscope on each rocker stud. You will know the one when you hear it. Then try adjusting the lash to make sure it is not an adjustment problem.

None of that worked for me so I started pulling it apart and found the roller surface on the number 1 cylinder had chips in it and so did the cam lobe. It was a good excuse to replace the cam with an LT4 cam which was the best thing I ever did to it. Took about 45 hours and $800 - 900 of parts. The old lifter makes a nifty paper weight on my desk!

 

so wait a sec.


you said that you will know which one is bad when you hear it, but yet you say that method didnt work for you?

 

well both valve covers are off, nothing looks out of the ordinary. However, Combo told me that i can have a collapsed lifter yet the rocker nuts will still be tight, so the rocker would still be loose since the lifter isnt taking up the slack.

so im gonna try to adjust the rockers tonight, make sure the pushrods are straight.

 

http://users.redrivernet.com.michael/car.AVI link to video

I changed the oil, oil that came out of the pan looks fine, however when you stir it up with your finger it turns a greyishwhitish color, is that normal?

the filter was loaded with metal shavings, looked like someone dumped glitter in it.


anyone got ideas?

 

Obviously the metal shavings in the oil aren't good. Could have spun a bearing...

Let the oil you drained sit for a bit and see if water floats to the top.

 

I just dropped a 1" x 1/2" x 1/4" thick magnet in the oil that was in the filter. I literally dropped it in, swished the bucket around and pulled it out. Honest to God, there is 3/8" of metal buildup on each end of the magnet.

 

coolant is low too.......................................


any good guides on dropping the motor from the bottom?

 

ttt more opinions wanted just to be sure, although im pretty sure it already is.

 

Ill give this a TTT. I think everyone knows the first step, taking that old engine out!

 

I meant that adjusting the rocker did not eleminate the ticking sound so I had to go deeper. Sorry to hear about the filings. Try this link. He gives a complete pictorial on how to remove the motor out the bottom...

http://ken.lowrance.com/Projects/Hea...ineRemoval.htm

 

Water will not float at the top. Oil has a lower density, so it will be on the top. When he stirs his oil, he sees greyish milky stuff, that's oil mixed with water/coolant, which is below the oil that's floating on top.

Sorry to hear about your car...

Sam