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Old 08-12-2008, 08:52 AM
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i have a clicking noise coming from my engine, it sounds like a grandfather clock, it stays the same whether i rev up or not, it seems to be coming from the left of the engine, any ideas before i pull it apart and can't put it back together !!!
 
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Old 08-12-2008, 02:59 PM
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i forgot to say it sounds like its coming from inside the rocker cover
 
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Old 08-12-2008, 06:21 PM
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cant really say off of that...good luck though..
 
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Old 08-12-2008, 06:44 PM
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I would almost have to hear it to try to help.
 
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Old 08-12-2008, 08:39 PM
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any chance this is the pistons?mine click upon start up and then fade once the car settles in
 
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Old 08-12-2008, 09:37 PM
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any chance this is the pistons?mine click upon start up and then fade once the car settles in
Yours might be lifters not pistons.
 
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Old 08-13-2008, 10:34 AM
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i do stand corrected..thank you sir
 
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my radio was making a noise like that for a while....
 




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