Ok I know from researching here that this is probably a silly question in that a 2.25 engine is noisy, rattles, etc but...
Mine is running well and smoothly having been awakened from a 16 year nap. Everything seems in good order although i have yet to take it out on the road due to finishing up other bits like getting the brakes dialed in. It is a very low mileage engine in a 73 '88 with 31000 documented miles on it so I chose to see if I could get it running versus open it up. Compression is a solid 160 in each cylinder and oil pressure reads very strong at idle and speed. So far so good.
My question is the following. There is a distinct clicking/ticking sound coming from the valve cover area and not having another engine to listen to I can't tell if this is a normal mechanical sound or one or more tappets are sticking or something else. It wouldn't surprise me at all that the engine is gummed up as it was left unrun for the entire 16 years. I am running MMO in the oil and gas just to clean things up. Also don't know whether to be concerned about this or let it work the kinks out as I run it some more.
Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
Mine is running well and smoothly having been awakened from a 16 year nap. Everything seems in good order although i have yet to take it out on the road due to finishing up other bits like getting the brakes dialed in. It is a very low mileage engine in a 73 '88 with 31000 documented miles on it so I chose to see if I could get it running versus open it up. Compression is a solid 160 in each cylinder and oil pressure reads very strong at idle and speed. So far so good.
My question is the following. There is a distinct clicking/ticking sound coming from the valve cover area and not having another engine to listen to I can't tell if this is a normal mechanical sound or one or more tappets are sticking or something else. It wouldn't surprise me at all that the engine is gummed up as it was left unrun for the entire 16 years. I am running MMO in the oil and gas just to clean things up. Also don't know whether to be concerned about this or let it work the kinks out as I run it some more.
Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
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