bad lifters?

[dilligaf]

ok, so i've got my intakes off. how can i tell if my lifters are bad? my car has been making a ticking sound for about 2 months, and then all of a sudden my car sounds like a rocker came off. so i tear it all down, hoping that what ever is making the noise will make itself obvious. but it didn't. the rocker did not apper to be loose although i didn't have a socket to turn the crank over. but one push rod did have slop in between the rocker and lifter.

it's a 93 cobra motor, e-cam, 1.7 crane rockers if that makes a difference.

 

[Sicarius428]

Push down on the rocker side where the pushrod is. If you feel that it is really squishy or bottom out... that is the bad pushrod.
Kevin

 

[vikingpower]

did you check your header gaskets to make sure you didnt have a small leak that turned into a blown gasket, happened to me so I went with copper header gaskets

 

[dilligaf]

no' i haven't checked the header gasket yet. but it doesn't sound like an exhaust leak though. but i will look into it though. i'm just praying that it's nothing on the bottom end of the motor.

 

[blue87lx]

header leak wont sound like an exhuast leak sounds liek a loud tapping

 

[dilligaf]

well, im going to go ahead and buy the lifers and put them on and i will buy some new header gaskets while i'm at it and see what happens.

 

[dilligaf]

any other opinions before i put it back together?

 

[Black1987Stang]

Make sure you retorque all ur lower intake bolts. I have to go over them like 4 times until they are at the full torque spec, i guess also depends on how much silicone I used too.

 

[dilligaf]

well, i noticed that one of the exhaust valves was sitting quite a bit lower than the rest so i bit the bullitt and took the head off. guess what i found? yup, a bent valve. so i guess i'm going to have the heads worked and see what happens. thanks for all the information. i'll keep you posted on the progress.