for the past 2 days i have heard a lil knocking sound coming from the engine. its ok on tick over but as soon as u put your foot down u can hear it, its comin from the left side of the head, any ideas what it can be?
for the past 2 days i have heard a lil knocking sound coming from the engine. its ok on tick over but as soon as u put your foot down u can hear it, its comin from the left side of the head, any ideas what it can be?
welcome to the big bad world of worn shells same as mine do it quick to save crank Karl
worn shells explain please
Low oil.
Dead lifter.
Worn cam/rockers etc.
Worn shells wont cause a top end tap, they will cause deep knocking under load etc.
Old XE track car
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74272
My nova sr did the same, 5 days later it blew up.
Hi,
How a dead lifter can cause knocking? thx
I'm french and i don't know what is a shell, can I have some explaination please (or a pic) ?
nov4801 : in order to prevent your engine from break, waiting for the new parts, you can turn your distributor a little bit to reduce the ingition timig late (don't know what is the english words for this).
But it is a provisional solution
The liftet not taking up clearence, causing a "slack" between the follower and cam lobe....?
The shells he's referring to are the bearing shells(small metal parts that sit inbetween the bearings caps and the crank journal.
Old XE track car
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74272
its got an uprated cam but as i brought the engine with it in i aint sure what kind, been told it could be the tappet as i had me grandad take a look (ex mechanic) but i would rather hear it off some one with a nova and experience
sounds like noisy tappets. either get new ones, or strip the current oens down and clean them... easy job in the haynes
DONT GET A NEW SET i did and a few are noisey, so my old ones are going back in this weekend (at leats they were quiet!!)