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Re: [TR] Noisy Engine

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Subject: Re: [TR] Noisy Engine
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:22:33 -0700
> I'm having a tough time pin pointing the ugly noise coming 
> from my fresh TR4a engine and hoping you can help! I totally 
> rebuilt this engine with new or reworked EVERYTHING, so maybe 
> I got something wrong? 

I hear a very loose (or possibly sticking) valve, plus another not quite so
loose, plus an exhaust leak.

Did you by any chance replace the valve guides with phosphor-bronze ?  Did
you know they have to be reamed oversize ?

Randall
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