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Old 01-03-2005, 11:38 PM
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the car has a knocking sound when it is runnin the sound is on the drivers side. It never knocked intill we changed the plugs anyone know what could cause this sound.
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Old 01-03-2005, 11:42 PM
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Did you ge tthe wrong reach plug? They may be too long and hitting the tops of the cylinders. Check them with the old ones. That's te first thing I think of when I see that it started when you changed the spark plugs.
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Old 01-04-2005, 06:43 PM
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make sure you replaced them with the same plugs and make sure they are gapped properly, also you should have checked and set your ignition timing i belive 10* is stock, however if you use higher grade gas you can bump up the timing as much as 14* to get more power. just make sure there is no pinging under increased load or wide open throttle
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Old 01-04-2005, 06:46 PM
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did you leave a ratchet in the engine bay?

heh.. naw... is it when you are accelerating or at idle or?
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Old 01-04-2005, 10:55 PM
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not sure what it could be, maybe carbon fell off......... my car just started doing that the other day, after it gets warmed up i hear a good knocking noise, here it mostly in the center of the motor.... hope its not the block, maybe just a loose rocker or something....
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