hey i got a ? for yall i put a new manifold on my sr and alot of shit went wrong first my turbo started to wine..then i started to hear ticking form my sr head. i got oil and oil pressure and there is good oil flow through the turbo but the one thing im worried about is the ticking in the head it goes away when driving at a high rpm then comes back sometimes when its idling what do u think..

 

replied in pm....hope you get it fixed. if not, lemme hear it and i'll tell you if its normal.

 

So what were your suggestions for the ticking?

 

i dont feel like typing it again. bonomo post up the pm.

 

How long was the car sitting? if the hydraulic lifters lost supply of oil then they can loose the ability to adjust the valve contact correctly and "click". how loud is the clicking? if its anything louder than you've ever heard, then take off the valve cover and look for missing parts from the valvetrain. overrevving past 7500 will surely throw rocker arms and shims.

 

sounds like a rod knock to me but thats just my opinion when i heard the noise

 

ouch , hope not for his sake.

 

what manifold and how thick is it ive seen certain manifold have ticking noise due to thin walls them allowing the noise to be easil heard but i could tell you because i havent heard the ticking

 

the ticking happens a lot when getting import engines that have been sitting on the docks/whse. for a while. i have had two SR's do this. just let it run for a while and it will eventually clear up. the ticking is a little louder than the injectors which are VERY loud on the SR. if it sounds like metal on metal cantact than i would be weary of doing anything else.

was the motor running fine before the work? if so then the air issue is more than likely your problem.

 

so is the tick still there. sorry i didnt pick up your phone call. missed it both times then was working hard on garage.