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HELP eng making clacking noise #107178 08/19/08 01:32 AM 08/19/08 01:32 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az 73 SSP OP super stock
73 SSP OP super stock Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az	Ok got my 340 back in the car. Got it started but it is making a clacking noise. Noise doesn't go away when you pull plug wires from each plug. I have a hydraulic cam, if a lifter wasn't pumping up would it make this noise?

Re: HELP eng making clacking noise [Re: 73 SSP] #107179 08/19/08 01:40 AM 08/19/08 01:40 AM
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sthemi master Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,319 Chicago Burbs	If it is only one cylinder it may be a lifter that got some junk in it. If is sounds like an rolling stones song, you may not have any oil going to the top of the motor. The messy way is to pull a valve cover and start the engine and take a hammer handle try to push each rocker down until you find the problem one. This is going to make a big mess. It will also tell you how much oil is going to the top of the engine. I have also had header leaks that sound like lifters.. Video Little Red Wagon Indy Nats,BurnoutContest

Re: HELP eng making clacking noise [Re: 73 SSP] #107180 08/19/08 07:59 AM 08/19/08 07:59 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Ok got my 340 back in the car. Got it started but it is making a clacking noise. Noise doesn't go away when you pull plug wires from each plug. I have a hydraulic cam, if a lifter wasn't pumping up would it make this noise? yes. most likely a lifter

Re: HELP eng making clacking noise #107181 08/19/08 09:37 AM 08/19/08 09:37 AM
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mopars4ever I Live Here M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 13,601 md	torque converter bolts tight?

Re: HELP eng making clacking noise [Re: 73 SSP] #107182 08/19/08 09:38 AM 08/19/08 09:38 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	Is it just one or some or all. Did you make sure that you have the rocker arms on right and that you have the rocker shaft on right. If not you will get no oiling to the top end of the engine. Notches on the end of the rocker shaft down and forward left side and down and to the rear right side. There are also left and right rockers but them reversed normally don't make noise. If everything is assembled correctly a lot of time the lifters will self bleed the air out just by shutting the engine down after being run a few minutes. Also like said above locating with the engine running and applying pressure to the push rod end of the rocker with a hammer handle will a lot of times bleed the air out so that they will fill and stay filled.

Re: HELP eng making clacking noise [Re: mopars4ever] #107183 08/19/08 10:52 AM 08/19/08 10:52 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az 73 SSP OP super stock
73 SSP OP super stock Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az	Quote: torque converter bolts tight? 4 spd car

Re: HELP eng making clacking noise [Re: sthemi] #107184 08/19/08 11:13 AM 08/19/08 11:13 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az 73 SSP OP super stock
73 SSP OP super stock Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az	Quote: If it is only one cylinder it may be a lifter that got some junk in it. If is sounds like an rolling stones song, you may not have any oil going to the top of the motor. The messy way is to pull a valve cover and start the engine and take a hammer handle try to push each rocker down until you find the problem one. This is going to make a big mess. It will also tell you how much oil is going to the top of the engine. I have also had header leaks that sound like lifters.. Has oil at top of eng. Oil psi steady.

Re: HELP eng making clacking noise [Re: MoparforLife] #107185 08/19/08 11:20 AM 08/19/08 11:20 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az 73 SSP OP super stock
73 SSP OP super stock Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az	Quote: Is it just one or some or all. Did you make sure that you have the rocker arms on right and that you have the rocker shaft on right. If not you will get no oiling to the top end of the engine. Notches on the end of the rocker shaft down and forward left side and down and to the rear right side. There are also left and right rockers but them reversed normally don't make noise. If everything is assembled correctly a lot of time the lifters will self bleed the air out just by shutting the engine down after being run a few minutes. Also like said above locating with the engine running and applying pressure to the push rod end of the rocker with a hammer handle will a lot of times bleed the air out so that they will fill and stay filled. Rockers were in wrong order,that was fixed. one push rod was bent slightly. Could that damage lifter? Wasn't run for more than a minute.

Re: HELP eng making clacking noise [Re: 73 SSP] #107186 08/20/08 11:23 AM 08/20/08 11:23 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az 73 SSP OP super stock
73 SSP OP super stock Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 764 Prescott Az	Thanks all it was a collapsed lifter. After shutting the engine off other rockers were tight and hard to move except for one. You could rock it an 1/16 of an inch fore and aft.

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