Fix Oil Leak - now ticking sound under car?
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Fix Oil Leak - now ticking sound under car?
Hello again all,
Just got my oil leak fixed last night - loose oil pan and (where most of it was coming from) loose oil filter
Tightened those up, and the valve covers too, and now I have a ticking sound coming from under the car. Never had it before, only had it after having these things done did it occur. Seemed to drive fine home, although I didn't go over 1800rpm Don't really want to drive it anymore without knowing what the issue could be...
The ticking goes from inaudible to barely / somewhat audible at idle, and only gets fairly loud >1500-2000rpm. I can faintly hear ticking at idle inside the car. There is no noise from the top...
If you need it, I can probably record it for you.
Any ideas?
Just got my oil leak fixed last night - loose oil pan and (where most of it was coming from) loose oil filter
Tightened those up, and the valve covers too, and now I have a ticking sound coming from under the car. Never had it before, only had it after having these things done did it occur. Seemed to drive fine home, although I didn't go over 1800rpm
Don't really want to drive it anymore without knowing what the issue could be...The ticking goes from inaudible to barely / somewhat audible at idle, and only gets fairly loud >1500-2000rpm. I can faintly hear ticking at idle inside the car. There is no noise from the top...
If you need it, I can probably record it for you.
Any ideas?
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Hello again all,
Just got my oil leak fixed last night - loose oil pan and (where most of it was coming from) loose oil filter
Tightened those up, and the valve covers too, and now I have a ticking sound coming from under the car. Never had it before, only had it after having these things done did it occur. Seemed to drive fine home, although I didn't go over 1800rpm Don't really want to drive it anymore without knowing what the issue could be...
The ticking goes from inaudible to barely / somewhat audible at idle, and only gets fairly loud >1500-2000rpm. I can faintly hear ticking at idle inside the car. There is no noise from the top...
If you need it, I can probably record it for you.
Any ideas?
Just got my oil leak fixed last night - loose oil pan and (where most of it was coming from) loose oil filter
Tightened those up, and the valve covers too, and now I have a ticking sound coming from under the car. Never had it before, only had it after having these things done did it occur. Seemed to drive fine home, although I didn't go over 1800rpm
Don't really want to drive it anymore without knowing what the issue could be...The ticking goes from inaudible to barely / somewhat audible at idle, and only gets fairly loud >1500-2000rpm. I can faintly hear ticking at idle inside the car. There is no noise from the top...
If you need it, I can probably record it for you.
Any ideas?
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That's really no help. This issue is really stressing me as it is.
I had a Chevy geek come look and listen to it; it wasn't ticking, but he heard something else and thinks it is a spun rod bearing.
He's got a few motors and some okay prices for them + installation, so I may have to do that - but I don't have any money so this is going to be quite difficult. He's got a rebuilt 350 and a new 350 ready for installation, if only I had more money I'd have him drop one in right away...
If anyone else has any ideas either, feel free to chime in.
I had a Chevy geek come look and listen to it; it wasn't ticking, but he heard something else and thinks it is a spun rod bearing.
He's got a few motors and some okay prices for them + installation, so I may have to do that - but I don't have any money so this is going to be quite difficult. He's got a rebuilt 350 and a new 350 ready for installation, if only I had more money I'd have him drop one in right away...
If anyone else has any ideas either, feel free to chime in.
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How low did the oil get when it was leaking? Ever lose oil pressure?
It's pretty unlikely that a noise like that will have any relation to what you did , unless during the period where it was leaking, it went low on oil and something was damaged...
A spun bearing will make a pretty good sound and it definitely isn't going to get any quieter. IIRC, a spun rod bearing won't affect oil pressure, but a cam or main bearing will. But I might be wrong, I'm a bit out of my game when it comes to internals, I slapped mine together and got lucky.
It's pretty unlikely that a noise like that will have any relation to what you did , unless during the period where it was leaking, it went low on oil and something was damaged...
A spun bearing will make a pretty good sound and it definitely isn't going to get any quieter. IIRC, a spun rod bearing won't affect oil pressure, but a cam or main bearing will. But I might be wrong, I'm a bit out of my game when it comes to internals, I slapped mine together and got lucky.
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