I swear when I fire my diesel off in the morning or when it's cold in general the cackle almost sounds like a rod knocking or something (enough that I have brought out the mechanic stethoscope, only to find it's coming from the valve cover area in general) but as it warms up it smooths out and becomes less of a distinctive knock, and more of the normal cackle. Am I going crazy or something?
It's normal for mine so I hope it's supposed to be normal
you may have a dying lifter if you are running a hydro head
you may have a dying lifter if you are running a hydro head
How do I know if it's a hydro head?
there is usually a sticker on the valve cover with a cross on it meaning no settings required,
the other dead giveaway would be that the head would have a projected sections between cylinders 1 2 and 3 for hydraulic lifter head and only one projection for mechanical lifter head between cylinders 2 and 3
Yeah mine definitely does as well. I've never really worried about it though, as I also thought it was normal. Thanks for the info on hydraulic heads to guys.
you may have a dying lifter if you are running a hydro head
That's always been my objection to the hydraulic lifter engine, lifter problems, you hear so much about it on here all the time and I can't figure for the life of me why anyone wats to mess with them in the first place.
you may have a dying lifter if you are running a hydro head
That's always been my objection to the hydraulic lifter engine, lifter problems, you hear so much about it on here all the time and I can't figure for the life of me why anyone wats to mess with them in the first place.
very true. i loved my '86 solid lifter 1.6TD. sticky valves suck! solid lifter engines also have a little bit more power too! now if only they didn't need as much maintenance... maybe using royal purple with that Z Max stuff???
