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I hav an EA82 carby with a really bad knock in it (its really nasty)
I recently done the lifters and front cranck seals, re-sealed the heads and re-built the oil pump but it still is knocking.

Any suggestions to why it is still doing this would be greatly appreciated...

Scott

i know its a bit of a no brainer but u did prime the oil pump before you ran it up?

BrennyV wrote:i know its a bit of a no brainer but u did prime the oil pump before you ran it up?

Prime the oil pump. i done the lifters but i didn't think that u hade to d the oil pump...

its always a good idea mate. how long have you run it up for?

Ive ran it for about 2 weeks im sure we primed the engine before we started it we hooked it up to a spare battery disconected the lead from the distributer
and let it tick over till the battery went flat.
I even asked a mechanic and they seem to think that there might even be a gap between the lash adjuster and the crank because is only on the drivers side.

i had a similar issue and a tiny pieace of dirt had blocked the oil supply restrictor to the heads.

madmat wrote:i had a similar issue and a tiny pieace of dirt had blocked the oil supply restrictor to the heads.

ive seen silicon do this also.

Try a oil change and use a quart of lucas oil. My rig was loud as hell till I put in the stuff. Some times those lifters need a little help. Knocking went away in one day of driving for me. Hope it helps...

all else fails I have a low k's imported ea82 sitting at dads place for $500.
Already put a new timing belt on it etc before we changed plans.

its not just a lifter tick...

EL TORO wrote:Try a oil change and use a quart of lucas oil. My rig was loud as hell till I put in the stuff. Some times those lifters need a little help. Knocking went away in one day of driving for me. Hope it helps...

done that as well. I put a higher grade oil in it it quietened down a little but not much..

gx_rex wrote:all else fails I have a low k's imported ea82 sitting at dads place for $500.
Already put a new timing belt on it etc before we changed plans.

Ill get back to u on that 1 see if i can fix this first.

Matatak wrote:its not just a lifter tick...

Well its something on the lifter but only 1 on them. i remeber 1 side was that rooted that there was a bur around the lifters holding them in place but we got rid of that and put all new lifters in. I think 1 of the valve springs have gone soft, leaving a gap between cam and the lash adjuster, but still unsure been tryng to fugure it out for a couple of weeks

another problem can be the oil pump is sucking air and airating the oil. My sister's L had the seals IN the oil pump changed but we failed to replace the shaft seal. It took a 3000km trip to seal it up from dust/dirt etc. Sounded like a diesel before this happened - real nasty.

Cheers

Bennie

[quote="El_Freddo"]another problem can be the oil pump is sucking air and airating the oil. My sister's L had the seals IN the oil pump changed but we failed to replace the shaft seal. It took a 3000km trip to seal it up from dust/dirt etc. Sounded like a diesel before this happened - real nasty.


the oil pump is fine we rebuilt that aswell and checked it yesterday to see if it was actually putting oil on the cams.

Dutchy wrote: the oil pump is fine we rebuilt that aswell and checked it yesterday to see if it was actually putting oil on the cams.

Don't get me wrong, the oil pump will pump oil, but at engine speed and temp it may find it easier to suck a little air into the system than suck the oil from the sump...

All of this said, you may not have this problem at all, i'm just coming in on another angle

Bennie

i think a soundclip woudl help everybody.


to me its sounding like u got a Dead Lifter or one that doesnt have any oil getting into it.
they can rattle like hell when theres absolutely no oil in them