[Chevelle-list] Engine noise!

[Rick Schaefer]

OUCH!   How many miles, OOPS kilometers, does that cam have on it?

On 5/22/07, Pelle Andersson <chevellegearheads at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm going to rebuild the engine!
> Check the links & you'll see what I mean!
> Sorry for not being clear, I just assumed everyone knew ;-)
> I've discussed this matter back and forth at another Swedish forum &
> mixed it up!
>
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/504408105_ec9665fc5c_b.jpg
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/204/503491365_5ef7b38c80_b.jpg
>
> Best regards Pelle
>
>
> >From: John Nasta <69ec at johnnasta.com>
> >Reply-To: The Chevelle Mailing List <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
> >To: chevelle-list at chevelles.net
> >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Engine noise!
> >Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:39:33 -0400
> >
> >Unfortunately you should not have taken the heads off. You should have
> >tried draining a pint of oil and replacing it with a high-detergent  oil
> >(like Marvel Mystery Oil or transmission fluid) for 100 miles or  so and
> >then changing the oil and adjusting the valves. You probably  could have
> >gotten the tap out and you would have been driving again in  no time.
> >
> >What makes you thing it's a worn cam rather than a bad lifter?
> >
> >Even if it is a worn cam, why would you have the block machined?
> You  have
> >to take the intake manifold off to replace the cam and/or  lifters, not
> the
> >heads.
> >
> >Sorry, but none of what you wrote makes a whole lot of sense to me. I
> >don't know the whole story but it sounds like you made things go
> from  bad
> >to worse.
> >
> >
> >Quoting Pelle Andersson <chevellegearheads at hotmail.com>:
> >
> >>Now I know what it was!
> >>A worn down lobe on the cam (#8)
> >>I removed the heads just to check and found out that #8 had problems.
> >>I have to leave the block for some machining :-(
> >>
> >>No driving this summer :-/
> >>
> >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/pellechevelle/sets/72157600027680861/
> >>
> >>Pelle
> >>   ----- Original Message -----
> >>   From: Pelle Andersson
> >>   To: The Chevelle Mailing List
> >>   Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 4:29 PM
> >>   Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Engine noise!
> >>
> >>
> >>   A sticky lifter could explain why it's running colder on #8!?
> >>   Maybe we're on to something here :-)
> >>
> >>   Pelle
> >>     ----- Original Message -----
> >>     From: Carl Ziegler
> >>     To: The Chevelle Mailing List
> >>     Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 1:38 PM
> >>     Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Engine noise!
> >>
> >>
> >>     Sounds like either an exhaust leak or a sticky lifter to me.  My
> $.02
> >>
> >>
> >>     ----- Original Message ----
> >>     From: Pelle Andersson <chevellegearheads at hotmail.com>
> >>     To: The Chevelle Mailing List <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
> >>     Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 6:18:47 AM
> >>     Subject: [Chevelle-list] Engine noise!
> >>
> >>
> >>     Hi!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     I have this strange noise during acceleration!
> >>
> >>     Sounds a little bit like a bolt tapping my M/T aluminum valve
> >>covers but a tad sharper!
> >>
> >>     No marks in the valve covers indicating that anything is hitting
> >>them!
> >>
> >>     I've tried to adjust timing back & forth 16-8 degrees but it's
> >>still the same!
> >>
> >>     It's in sync with the rpm & I can only hear it when accelerating
> >>hard!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     Any ideas?
> >>
> >>     Pelle
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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-- 
Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino
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