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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: wdkingery on September 17, 2011, 06:03:12 pm

Title: Can an injector get to tappin?
Post by: wdkingery on September 17, 2011, 06:03:12 pm

My car has quite a tick that comes and goes. I changed the oil, checjed/adjusted the valves.. Still it ticks.
Then it goes away.
Is one of my injectors makin a bunch of racket?

Title: Re: Can an injector get to tappin?
Post by: Wayland on September 17, 2011, 07:01:05 pm

Could be, but an injector usually makes a pretty loud clack and an increase in smoke too.

Title: Re: Can an injector get to tappin?
Post by: fatmobile on September 17, 2011, 08:20:28 pm

 Hard to find an intermitant sound.
 You can open injectors when you hear it and see what cylinder it is.
 I think and injector can tick like a lifter,.. could probably do it if the breaking pressure was lower than the others by enough,.. same sound as having the timing too advanced.

Title: Re: Can an injector get to tappin?
Post by: wdkingery on September 18, 2011, 03:01:56 pm

Hmm I think you are in to somethin. I added Lucas fuel additive and it went away