I went to LVD for the BOP day last Saturday, put some good gas in, changed
the tires and went to start the car and...serious valvetrain noise
We thought it was a bad rocker so I pulled the valve cover and swapped in a new set of rockers (thanks Jack Cotton!)
The noise was still there but it went away after running the car for a few minutes.
Oil pressure is ~17# at idle warm. I decided not to race. Thinking it must be a bad lifter.
I changed the oil last night and cut the filter open with a can opener (don't tell my wife), there are a few metal filings on the bottom where I had a magnet on the filter. How much metal is too much? The amount in the filter wouldn't cover a dime.
Mark F. 11.9 @ 115
the tires and went to start the car and...serious valvetrain noise
We thought it was a bad rocker so I pulled the valve cover and swapped in a new set of rockers (thanks Jack Cotton!)
The noise was still there but it went away after running the car for a few minutes.
Oil pressure is ~17# at idle warm. I decided not to race. Thinking it must be a bad lifter.
I changed the oil last night and cut the filter open with a can opener (don't tell my wife), there are a few metal filings on the bottom where I had a magnet on the filter. How much metal is too much? The amount in the filter wouldn't cover a dime.
Mark F. 11.9 @ 115