Since I got my 418 running I've noticed a knock every once in a while from the top end. It's only there sometimes at idle, and it sounds like it's possibly coming from a rocker. Well I thought readjusting the rockers should fix it, but I'm lazy and didn't really want to do that so I put it off. The engine ran fine so I didn't think it was really hurting anything.
Last week I got my new starter and installed it. I had to remove the passenger side header to get to the starter. After everything was back together, I noticed an exhaust leak and a whistling sound. I fixed the exhaust leak but it was still whistling.
Back to the knocking, while I was trying to find the source of the whistling noise I noticed the knocking again. I just happened to glance at the tensioner pulley and noticed it was jumping a little and hitting the stop every time I heard the knock.
SO, if anyone else has bypassed their smog pump and has some possible valvetrain noise, check your tensioner first.
Anyways, last week was pretty good. I fixed my starter problem, and my oil leak in the process. I found out my knocking sound is not a major problem. BUT, my whistling sound turned out to be the TOB Im guessing. I just hope it can survive until winter when I'll hopefully be installing a TKO 600. Im at just over 320 miles so far and the T-5 is still holding up, even after 167K of abuse.
Last week I got my new starter and installed it. I had to remove the passenger side header to get to the starter. After everything was back together, I noticed an exhaust leak and a whistling sound. I fixed the exhaust leak but it was still whistling.
Back to the knocking, while I was trying to find the source of the whistling noise I noticed the knocking again. I just happened to glance at the tensioner pulley and noticed it was jumping a little and hitting the stop every time I heard the knock.
SO, if anyone else has bypassed their smog pump and has some possible valvetrain noise, check your tensioner first.
Anyways, last week was pretty good. I fixed my starter problem, and my oil leak in the process. I found out my knocking sound is not a major problem. BUT, my whistling sound turned out to be the TOB Im guessing. I just hope it can survive until winter when I'll hopefully be installing a TKO 600. Im at just over 320 miles so far and the T-5 is still holding up, even after 167K of abuse.