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SC-MECHAM-WS6
03-23-2002, 10:40 AM
Last night I noticed my car was making a really loud ticking noise and was RPM dependant. As the RPM's went up the ticking noise got louder. At first I thought my exhaust was loose. I had a friend listen to it for about 5 seconds and he said it sounded like a broken rocker arm or bent push rod.

I took off the drivers side valve cover and sure enough one of my rocker arms was shredded. There is a fairly large size metal piece missing too. :(

Today I am going to pull the passenger side valve cover to see what that side has in store for me.

I also stripped one of my bolts to my exhuast plates...

:cry: :cry: :cry:


Just when the weather gets nice too...:mad:
Brian
03-23-2002, 11:09 AM
damn man i'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully it didn't take out too much when it went. When my dad built his engine the first time he forgot to lash the valve clearances after the break in period. Took out almost all of the lobes on the cam because of it.
HONDA GHANDI
03-23-2002, 02:16 PM
DO you have filter screens welded into the head to prevent valve bits from entering the engine? If not I bet you will soon.
V8SpankR
03-23-2002, 02:44 PM
Ouch and right before race season's about to start. :(
shane
03-23-2002, 04:13 PM
:(
12seccivy
03-23-2002, 07:49 PM
SHIT!!!! that a shame dude,i hope you get her going again in time for the racing season... too nice of weather to be in anything else but a sports car...god i love to go fast!!!

:(
john
03-23-2002, 10:17 PM
Darn Earnest - sorry to hear that. :( Hope the damage was kept to a minumum...
TedR719
03-24-2002, 06:05 PM
Hope you get her running again soon...
forum
03-24-2002, 09:35 PM
man everyone is breaking things already, your supposed to do that at the track, hope it didn't break too much
Newsance
03-24-2002, 11:33 PM
That fucking sucks. If you can't find the missing piece, gonna pull the motor?
SC-MECHAM-WS6
03-25-2002, 09:32 AM
Originally posted by Newsance
That fucking sucks. If you can't find the missing piece, gonna pull the motor?

Well, the missing piece is probably in the oil pan because there is only 1 place it could of went and it leads to the oil pan...


Pull the motor...F$ck! It took me 2 hours to pull off the vavle cover! :eek:
V8SpankR
03-25-2002, 09:39 AM
Man,you must've been bummed,you weren't on the board for two days.
Can you pull the motor yourself?
SC-MECHAM-WS6
03-25-2002, 09:44 AM
Originally posted by V8SpankR
Man,you must've been bummed,you weren't on the board for two days.

Hell yeah, I bummed. At least the problem was found and it wasnt nothing internal (cam, rods, etc) *knocks on wood hoping that it is just a rocker arm*


Originally posted by V8SpankR
Can you pull the motor yourself?

I wouldnt even know where to start...
V8SpankR
03-25-2002, 12:57 PM
So,what's up with the chicken...er,I mean Bird. j/k;)

I thought I saw you post it was running,am I right?

Remember this thread is your responsibilty and your job to keep it current,young man. :D
SC-MECHAM-WS6
03-25-2002, 01:22 PM
Originally posted by V8SpankR
Remember this thread is your responsibilty and your job to keep it current,young man. :D

sir, yes sir! :D

actually it was way too cold to work in the garage yesterday so I didnt do anything car related. Going to go pick up some extra rocker arms today and will probably replace the one on Tuesday and fire her up to see if I need to pull the passenger valve cover...

yeah, I'll keep everyone post on my FireChicken... :)