Originally Posted by yankee81116
no mine is like a very quiet tapping noise when im idling....when i pull the lude out of the garage, i get out to close the garage door, when i get back to the drivers door i can hear the tappin...gotta listen for it tho...so it could be only at first startup...it might go away after the engine warms up...gotta check...ill prob adjust my valves...but wat bothers me more is the damn whistling...i hate it...any ideas wat it could be??? i did remove the resonator
the tapping noise is 90% chance of being your valves, if it increases with RPM and turns into more of a banging then its one of your CR bearings failing...most likely your valve lash needs to be adjusted. I bought the special tool from snap-on to hold the adjustment while tightening the locknut.
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http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....store&tool=all
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~kris
Last edited by ludeboom; Dec 7, 2004 at 01:37 PM.
Reason: added link to tool