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Old 08-07-2008, 12:12 AM
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right my engines getting quite tappy i have a video of the engine to make it easyier to under stand i think it could be my bottom end going? its not as loud as it sounds on the video tho as it sounds alot louder not as loud in real time


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Old 08-07-2008, 05:54 AM
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Top end that is.
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Old 08-07-2008, 10:45 PM
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mmmmmm bugger
Old 08-07-2008, 10:47 PM
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Yea def sounds like top end
Old 08-07-2008, 10:57 PM
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sounds like cam

if it is its easy to replace, new cam lifters, rocker gakste and cam seals, thats it

dont even need to take the head off
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gr8 meant to have had an engine rebuild not a very good one by the sounds of it
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Originally Posted by xr4x4rs
sounds like cam

if it is its easy to replace, new cam lifters, rocker gakste and cam seals, thats it

dont even need to take the head off
i thought it could be the cam as it did look abit loose when spinning
Old 08-07-2008, 11:01 PM
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what do you mean loose?

it carnt reall be loose as all it does is sits on 2 seals in the middle of thehead, and has a metal plate that holds it in

but it does sound like cam, buts thats only going from the noise of the vid
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the cam ont he side of the engine looked abit wobbly, when u rev it tho its dies down?
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you mean the cambelt lol
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yea but not the belt bit its the cog at the very top? aint that the cam?
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thats the cam pulley, shouldnt wobble, but may look it

cam is inside the head
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oh rite got ya now im not to gd with inside the block know most other things tho
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