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Puzzled and dont know where to start

stlmo_gtp

stlmo_gtp

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Well i went out and had a little fun with some buddies tonight and everything was going great and then i reved up my car a bit and then this ticking started happening... at first i thought it was the S/C coupler so i took the belt off and spun the pulley and no noise and then just to verify i started the car with out the S/C belt on and the noise was still there... but here is where i get confused it only does it at an idle, and when you give it gas it slowly starts to go away?? an ideas on what it could be?at first i thought it was the valve train but wouldn't it continue to tick as the rpms go up? but now i am thinking bottom end... any help on where to start checking first would really help
 


Its most likely lifter tick.

A video would help. Does it tick on a cold start then fade away once warmed up?
 
Does the US L67 Have two belts ,one for the motor and one for the supercharger like here in Australia ? If it does remove the engine belt and the sc belt and start it ,if the noise goes away it might be a noisey Idler bearing or if its still there take a piece of long rubber hose or a long screw driver put on the motor very carefuly while its running and hold it to your to try to isolate sound

Also since the noise goes away when you rev it up, it could simply be a noisey lifter or rocker and its going quiet when the oil pressure increases and finaly injectors can make a ticking sound at times
 
99prixgt said:
Its most likely lifter tick.

A video would help. Does it tick on a cold start then fade away once warmed up?
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no doesn't matter warm or cold it ticks, i will try to post a vid once i get home from work
vsl67 said:
Does the US L67 Have two belts ,one for the motor and one for the supercharger like here in Australia ? If it does remove the engine belt and the sc belt and start it ,if the noise goes away it might be a noisey Idler bearing or if its still there take a piece of long rubber hose or a long screw driver put on the motor very carefuly while its running and hold it to your to try to isolate sound

Also since the noise goes away when you rev it up, it could simply be a noisey lifter or rocker and its going quiet when the oil pressure increases and finaly injectors can make a ticking sound at times
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took the S/C belt off and the noise was still there i am going to try to isolate it after i get back home... but from what it sounds like i think it may be over on the pulley side of the engine so i was thinking a bearing... idk yet and don't have the time to check it right now
 
vsl67 said:
Does the US L67 Have two belts ,one for the motor and one for the supercharger like here in Australia ? If it does remove the engine belt and the sc belt and start it ,if the noise goes away it might be a noisey Idler bearing or if its still there take a piece of long rubber hose or a long screw driver put on the motor very carefuly while its running and hold it to your to try to isolate sound

Also since the noise goes away when you rev it up, it could simply be a noisey lifter or rocker and its going quiet when the oil pressure increases and finaly injectors can make a ticking sound at times
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ahhhhhhh. i think he stated that he did that already
 
alright guys here are a few vids... sorry about the quality all i had was my cell phone, i am lead to believe it has something to do with the crank pull as you will see in the second video... i don't think that it is suppose to move like it is.

Car Running :

By Hand:
 


dude..if thats the harmonic balancer in the second vid then replace its bad. if you remove the balancer and the entire shaft still moves like that then you need to buy a motor instead
 
DOUGLASMELTER said:
ahhhhhhh. i think he stated that he did that already
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He suggested to run it with both belts off, which is a good suggestion. Don't **** with the Aussies when it comes to these engines, they know their **** and this platform, it just goes by different names over there...
 
FoSHO99 said:
He suggested to run it with both belts off, which is a good suggestion. Don't **** with the Aussies when it comes to these engines, they know their **** and this platform, it just goes by different names over there...
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sweet he can come work on mine anytime then
 


yea i am a little happier now that i know what the problem is and lucky i have a buddy that works at the auto part store and can save me $20 bucks on it so that made me even a little happier
 
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