98 SSEi ticking
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98 SSEi ticking
Well I just got back from Columbus where I visited Intense yesterday, I got their standard PCM. Changes to the PCM being stock shift tables and +3 degrees of WOT timing. Coming home I certainly wasn't driving slowly but I did stay in vacuum most of the time and not go over 3k most of the 160 mile drive home. There was one stretch of the trip home that I had gone WOT and got to 131mph then coasted down. But the whole time home I had my windows up and air on so hearing anything from my motor like a tick was hard.
I noticed the noise about 1 mile from my house at the gas station. I took a quick video I'm now uploading for everyone to see. My oil pressure at a hot & heat soaked 200 degree idle was a hair under 40psi.
I'm thinking possibly a collapsed lifter; but I'm really not sure what it could be.
Any ideas and help would be great…
Click here to watch TickTick-61 hard to hear but it'* there...
Ed
I noticed the noise about 1 mile from my house at the gas station. I took a quick video I'm now uploading for everyone to see. My oil pressure at a hot & heat soaked 200 degree idle was a hair under 40psi.
I'm thinking possibly a collapsed lifter; but I'm really not sure what it could be.
Any ideas and help would be great…
Click here to watch TickTick-61 hard to hear but it'* there...
Ed
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yes at idle (edited above post)
[edit] I just went outside to fire it up and listen. I can't really tell which cylinder is tapping; the noise is almost non existent at idle but 1500-2k it becomes audible. Slightly warm idle I'm seeing a little over 60psi oil pressure.
If this is a failing or collapsed lifter how bad is it to be running this motor?
[edit] I just went outside to fire it up and listen. I can't really tell which cylinder is tapping; the noise is almost non existent at idle but 1500-2k it becomes audible. Slightly warm idle I'm seeing a little over 60psi oil pressure.
If this is a failing or collapsed lifter how bad is it to be running this motor?
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Anyone.... Any tips on figuring out if this is a lifter thats bad or collapsed? How Bad is it to be running this motor now? (I'm going to have my co-worker check this out on Monday at the shop. Untill then I'm trying to keep her in the driveway)
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Running with a mechanical problem = bad
Hows it idling? Smooth?
check plugs first for one that looks different than the others.
I would guess bent pushrod before bad lifter.
Hows it idling? Smooth?
check plugs first for one that looks different than the others.
I would guess bent pushrod before bad lifter.
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Originally Posted by markkleb
Running with a mechanical problem = bad
Hows it idling? Smooth?
check plugs first for one that looks different than the others.
I would guess bent pushrod before bad lifter.
Hows it idling? Smooth?
check plugs first for one that looks different than the others.
I would guess bent pushrod before bad lifter.
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that sounds a lot like this video
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...neNoise002.flv
witch i remember that from this car for sale..
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...=61386&start=0
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...neNoise002.flv
witch i remember that from this car for sale..
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...=61386&start=0
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Originally Posted by bandit
that sounds a lot like this video
Originally Posted by markkleb
Running with a mechanical problem = bad
Hows it idling? Smooth?
check plugs first for one that looks different than the others.
I would guess bent pushrod before bad lifter.
Hows it idling? Smooth?
check plugs first for one that looks different than the others.
I would guess bent pushrod before bad lifter.