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I was told its solid, is there a way i can check it to be sure for you?

I had a look at the push rods, i had 3 backwards, turned them around and its the most quiet subaru i have ever heard! Just got one pushod to turn around on the other side.

I face the knurled end outwards

First thing in the morning ill change rocker arms over and put pushrods around that way and let ya all know the verdict. Thankyou

I am betting it is around valve area, rockers, something like that as it wasnt making a noise before i did head gaskets.

Also i noticed some machined checker handgrip looking things like the handle of a rachet on one side of the pushrods, are they ment to face a certain way or doesnt really matter?

According to gregorys manual, ohv (ea81) never have hydraulic, only ohc.
Ill swap my rocker arms over and see what that does otherwise tighten valve clearences.

Oil couldnt have anything to do with it? Im running 20w 50

Yeah they are black, what are the clearences for them? I have been doing it at .35 and .25 as per the manual, never had problem till now.

If i accidently put them on the wrong side would that matter?

I have spare set, ill switch them over and give it a try then

I replaced head gaskets on my brumby and since then i have had an awful ticking, its even youder then the exhaust! The valve clearences are spot on, hot and cold. I have done the test for piston slap and its not that, i replaced pushrods but still didnt fix it. Its odd how it happened since the gask...

Ill give it a crack tomorrow, cant hurt trying.

I once did the clearences hot and they were great, but never done it again for the reason of everything in a confined space being very very hot but then the noise wasnt this bad back then

So set them at .004 once at operating temp, will stop noise?

Finally got around to the old girl, chemiweld is magic guys! The best thing invented. I started her up and have another problem, ticking!!! I know there will always be ticking but you can hear the ticking before the ute, and its always there, from cold to hot, i replaved valves rocker arms and push ...

Ill give it a go, just keep putting it in, i have a feeling its the block after i have had the heads pressure tested. I aint pulling it all ouit again so i hope it works, will let ya know

Nah i did both heads and gaskets, there was more in it this time, the colour of a butterscotch lollie

Surprisingly it was like brand new

How long will it last though?

Welch plugs all fine, heads tested and all, just thought it could be the block as there is no water in the cylinders

I had water all through my oil and rhs cylinders, replaced head gasket after determining it was that, the heads are all fine, put back together and started up, water in oil again, however this time the water is not in the cylinders. Could this be a cracked block?

Fun

Not 100% sure, about 6 to 7

In town driving mainly