[Shotimes] random knocking noise from timing chain area

[Ian Fisher]

FWIW, the tensioners on my fresh 3.2 also rattled. I
had sucked assembly lube into them (they were from a
running engine so they weren't new but they were in
excellent shape).

No more rattles now.

Ian

--- G Kerby Haltom <g.kerby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Ha Ha, very funny!  :-)
>   
>   That's the bone stock engine that sat in a guys
> garage for something  like 5 years.  Obviously there
> was no oil in the passages, but  everything was
> still coated with oil.  Which I found  amazing.  And
> it's still working.  The radiator developed a  hole
> last week, so I've got to fix that now, but that's
> easy...
>   
>   Kerby
> 
> Dave Kegel <d.kegel@comcast.net> wrote:  Kerby,
> 
> Which engine was this?  The one you put in in '98,
> '00, or maybe way
> back in '03?  
> 
> HAHAHA!
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> G Kerby Haltom
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:04 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] random knocking noise from
> timing chain area
> 
> 
> When I put the engine that had been sitting around
> for several years in
> mine, they knocked horribly for a few minutes.  Then
> they quieted  down,
> and have stayed that way for about 3 years now.
>   
>   Kerby
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