While the latest trend might be to swap a Gen III Hemi into an early-model Mopar, many of us continue to find, rebuild, install, and enjoy our old school small block engines. Production of the LA engines occurred between the years 1964 to 1991 in cubic inch displacements (CID) of 239 (V6), 273, 318, 340, and 360. The Magnum engine, a contemporary of the LA, continued the small-block tradition from 1992 until 2003 in displacements of 3.9 (V6), 5.2, and 5.9-liter offerings. Soon after its late-1980s introduction, the LA 239 V6 (and later the 3.9-liter Magnum V6) engine experienced a rattling or lifter-type noise in the timing chain cover area.

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