[Shotimes] Strange noise...help!

[Tim Dahm]

Here is my take:
excessive rod bearing clearance resulting in low hot oil
 pressure. When the oil gets up the full  temp the
cam chain tensioners are collapsing causing all
the racket.  Check your rod bearings NOW.
This is exactly the symptoms my 91 had, hot oil pressure
was dropping to around 3-4psi, oil light was flickering at hot idle,
after a good highway run the chain tensioners collapse
causing a heck of a racket.  Rod bearings were toast.
Crank was salvageable without a regrind. (this is rare
however and less likely the longer you let it go).

Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: <SyckoJayy@aol.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Strange noise...help!


> Hey all,
>
>          I am posting for a friend who just recently bought a sho and isnt
> having very good luck with it.  Its a 95 atx with 67k on it, he just
replaced
> the water pump and thermostat and had the tranny fluid changed.  The car
was
> bought in Fl and then driven back here to northeast pa.  Stopped and
idling
> the oil light will flicker....after about 5-10 min of driving it will
start
> making a weird sound from the top end.  Its not a knock or a tick, it
almost
> sounds like a plastic sound and gets faster and more obscene when you rev
the
> engine.....could it be a loose or broken shim?....rod
> bearing?....valve?.....the engine has no loss of power just sounds really
> bad....any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance
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