Originally Posted by
studabear
well I'm presuming its the little ends, sounds cammy, brand new cam and lifters, when I killed the headgasket there was no wear on new cam. It gets quiet when properly warm, a lad near me who breaks a lot of turbo's etc reckons its common
Sounds like it could be piston slap to me, that is very common, but you'll never know until it's stripped down and everything checked really..... but whatever it is it's not good!

lol