Hey guys,
I'm in the most bitter of moods right now. My car has been sitting for about 9 months because I was coming up with the money to lower it, put tires on it, and new mufflers on it. I finally got the tires and mufflers on the car and today was my first day to drive it around. I ripped it a few times, but everything felt fine, nothing was noisy under the hood, blah blah blah. Anyways I drove it for about 30 minutes without shutting it down. I had to move the car from where I parked it not more than 10 minutes after shutting it down. After cranking on it for awhile it finally started (weak battery + jump box) and we all noticed a very loud top end knock on the passenger side. I immediately shut it back down.
A little background information:
Prior to parking the car for 9 months I had a problem with the oil pressure gauge. When the car was cold it would work fine but after driving 10 ish miles it would flucuate and when sitting at idle it would drop to 0. I bought the sending unit but never put it in.
Also, After looking under the car my brother noticed an electrical wire that goes to the oil pan was not all the way plugged in. I dont know what this wire goes to but he assumed it was to the in tank pump.
We've checked all fluids, and all are good. I changed the oil after running a motor flush through it and it made it quiet but the noise is still there. It sounds 80% better after running the flush and changing the oil.
my questions are:
could the long period of sitting play a role in this behavior?
do you think it is a sticky valve or even a bent valve?
what does it take to fix valve issues?
I tried to add as much detailed information as I could to help you guys help me. If you have any questions to further me along, it would be my pleasure to answer them as I will be checking this thread several times over the next few days.
Thanks so much in advance
Chris
I'm in the most bitter of moods right now. My car has been sitting for about 9 months because I was coming up with the money to lower it, put tires on it, and new mufflers on it. I finally got the tires and mufflers on the car and today was my first day to drive it around. I ripped it a few times, but everything felt fine, nothing was noisy under the hood, blah blah blah. Anyways I drove it for about 30 minutes without shutting it down. I had to move the car from where I parked it not more than 10 minutes after shutting it down. After cranking on it for awhile it finally started (weak battery + jump box) and we all noticed a very loud top end knock on the passenger side. I immediately shut it back down.
A little background information:
Prior to parking the car for 9 months I had a problem with the oil pressure gauge. When the car was cold it would work fine but after driving 10 ish miles it would flucuate and when sitting at idle it would drop to 0. I bought the sending unit but never put it in.
Also, After looking under the car my brother noticed an electrical wire that goes to the oil pan was not all the way plugged in. I dont know what this wire goes to but he assumed it was to the in tank pump.
We've checked all fluids, and all are good. I changed the oil after running a motor flush through it and it made it quiet but the noise is still there. It sounds 80% better after running the flush and changing the oil.
my questions are:
could the long period of sitting play a role in this behavior?
do you think it is a sticky valve or even a bent valve?
what does it take to fix valve issues?
I tried to add as much detailed information as I could to help you guys help me. If you have any questions to further me along, it would be my pleasure to answer them as I will be checking this thread several times over the next few days.
Thanks so much in advance
Chris
