Could this be a wrist pin problem. You mentioned this is the first oil change - is this a new engine or a new to you engine? I have a wrist pin go bad on one of my Beetle engines and a rod bearing go bad once on another. At early stages of the problem both sounded sort of like a valve train with slack in it. Have you pulled the valve cover and tried to rock the rocker arms back and forth. if there is slack you can feel it. You'll have to rotate the engine until there is no tension in that particular rocker arm. Lastly is the head properly torqued. Also heard once that a loose head makes noise too. Let us know - the suspense is killing me.
At 01:17 PM 1/30/02 -0600, you wrote: >You need to get the engine up to operating temp to get a good reading >and that could take 30 minutes. >I've seen 70 degree cold cylinders come up to over 90 + at operating >temp. > >Stan > >On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:55:40 -0600 Jon Joyce <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM> >writes: > > >Have you been able to do a compression check? > > > > > >Stan Wilder > > > > Nope, and it's too cold and icy to do anything in the garage right > > now. I > > would've tested it this weekend when it was 70 degrees, but I was > > camping. > > Love that unpredictable Oklahoma weather! > > > > Jon > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: > > http://mobile.msn.com > > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649 scm9985@tntech.edu '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion |
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