VERY loud ticking from engine...need help finding problem.
#1
VERY loud ticking from engine...need help finding problem.
i recently got the turbo done and tuned at VMP, ran a 12.1 today at the track and it started making a very load ticking as i revved up the engine. so i turned it off and trailered it home. it sounds like its from the top end, sounds like maybe the driver side, but its always so hard to tell. i pulled the valve cover off on the driver side and i dont really see anything obvious. any help on finding the issue would be helpful.
#4
Hard to say w/o hearing the sound but I had a similar sound when I spun a rod bearing which resulted in a roasted bottom end. Mine came from the bottom end w/ a severe loss in power and an oil pressure light. Obviously this isn't your problem since you ran a 12 in the 1/4 and hopefully not so severe.
It doesn't sound like a rapidly moving typewriter does it? That might indicate a valve, spring or retainer problem which I've also seen first hand.
It doesn't sound like a rapidly moving typewriter does it? That might indicate a valve, spring or retainer problem which I've also seen first hand.
Last edited by Ato; 02-23-2009 at 05:38 PM.
#5
Hard to say w/o hearing the sound but I had a similar sound when I spun a rod bearing which resulted in a roasted bottom end. Mine came from the bottom end w/ a severe loss in power and an oil pressure light. Obviously this isn't your problem since you ran a 12 in the 1/4 and hopefully not so severe.
It doesn't sound like a rapidly moving typewriter does it? That might indicate a valve, spring or retainer problem which I've also seen first hand.
It doesn't sound like a rapidly moving typewriter does it? That might indicate a valve, spring or retainer problem which I've also seen first hand.
yes,its rapid, i jacked the car up and its loudest thru the hole in the transmission. i used a stethescope (sp) and it was loudest on the rear of the valve covers and underneath.
is there anything in the clutch that could come loose? im still using the stock clutch. ill pull the tranny this weekend.
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