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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: bimmermanic on July 01, 2010, 10:54:03 PM

Title: m42 Engine ticking
Post by: bimmermanic on July 01, 2010, 10:54:03 PM

I have a "ticking" in my engine like tappets needing adjustment, then i have an engine cackle, like a ping ...This car was a Lazarus that I'm resuscitating after a terrible crash it had where the oil sump was even busted. If the Engine ran out of oil at that occasion would it affect the Cam driveline? or even coz it to sound as if tappets need adjustment?

Title: m42 Engine ticking
Post by: jscribble on July 01, 2010, 11:05:32 PM

Timing chain/tensioner? That's the most typical cause of ticky ticky on these motors.