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The wagon engine is so keen it ticks with excitement

About to check valve clearances and do a compression test.

Done the valve clearances and it still ticks. Going to have to wait until someones around to give me a hand with the compression tester.


I put up a video of the engine running on the facebook brumby group so you guys can hear the ticking. You won't need to have Facebook to view it, just follow the link.
https://www.facebook.com/tim.dyson.12/v ... 331268050/

Apparently it's rod knock. I don't have the facilities to rebuild engines sadly. Dad has a new workshop in planning for the farm, hopefully sometime this year. So looks like the project will be on hold for now.

I've taken my camry off the road recently, so I'm going to be on the look out (and saving $) for a roadworthy (or close) brumby or MY/L series wagon to replace it. Luckily the family's got a spare Magna that I can use pretty much indefinitely.

Definitely not a healthy noise seems to loud and low pitched to be valve train noise. I've heard similar on one of my own engines years ago which turned out to be a failed main bearing.