<VV> Loudly Ticking Engine--Possible Causes?

[Jim Danner]

JR,
   
  Thanks a lot.  That did the trick.  Is this normal?  Or does it mean my lifters will need replaced?  It was parked on a slight incline....
   
  Jim

J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
  Off for a week? A lifter leaked out the oil. Take it for a 10 mile ride. 
It will shut up before you finish.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Danner" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 4:35 PM
Subject: Loudly Ticking Engine--Possible Causes?


> My 1965 110 hp Monza started ticking very loud the other day. Sounds like 
> when you run an engine without oil. I check the engine oil every morning 
> so that isn't the culprit. It wasn't doing it when I shut it off last 
> week. The next morning, when I turned it on, the loud ticking was there. 
> I thought maybe it just needed to warm up...that wasn't it.
>
> I checked compression, it looks good all the way around...
>
> Any ideas about what I should look for first? Possible sources of this 
> sound? Could it be that the valves just need adjusted?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jim
>
>
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