Hydro-idi
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Hello all,
I just recently finished my engine swap. I will give you guys some history before I go into the symptoms. I bought a remanufactured engine on ebay about 10 months ago to have as a spare. I decided to get going on this project a few weeks ago & tore into it. All external parts were swapped onto new reman engine. Injectors were recently pop tested & matched, cylinder heads have been properly rebuilt, baby moose IP with about 500 miles on it, fairly new lifters with 500 miles on them. I did re-use the rocker arms & pushrods. I also installed one of Russ's torque camshafts during my build. Everything has been going smoothly & followed every little detail by the book. Went to fire it up for the first time this morning (after priming oil system....of course) and she fired off without much effort.
Engine has plenty of power and seems to run quite well. I monitored engine oil pressure and everything was A ok there. However, the engine has a very constant and noticeable tick/clicking sound from what seems to be the drivers side of engine bay. Not much noise underneath truck, but I can hear ticking sound best standing beside the drivers fender. Can even hear this ticking sound coming from tailpipe as well. If i shut engine down & restart, it takes about 30 seconds for the sound to re-occur again and is very consistent. It is also very noticeable at all rpm's & while driving truck. Sounds similar to an exhaust leak but I have none.
I pulled the drivers side valve cover and everything seems to be okay. Aside from this noise, engine seems to run great, but something is definitely not right. Any help would be greatly appreciated guys.
Here's a youtube video of a truck with the same exact ticking sound that my truck has on drivers side. I plan on posting my own vid soon. let me know what you think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24DpUuIgkYs
I just recently finished my engine swap. I will give you guys some history before I go into the symptoms. I bought a remanufactured engine on ebay about 10 months ago to have as a spare. I decided to get going on this project a few weeks ago & tore into it. All external parts were swapped onto new reman engine. Injectors were recently pop tested & matched, cylinder heads have been properly rebuilt, baby moose IP with about 500 miles on it, fairly new lifters with 500 miles on them. I did re-use the rocker arms & pushrods. I also installed one of Russ's torque camshafts during my build. Everything has been going smoothly & followed every little detail by the book. Went to fire it up for the first time this morning (after priming oil system....of course) and she fired off without much effort.
Engine has plenty of power and seems to run quite well. I monitored engine oil pressure and everything was A ok there. However, the engine has a very constant and noticeable tick/clicking sound from what seems to be the drivers side of engine bay. Not much noise underneath truck, but I can hear ticking sound best standing beside the drivers fender. Can even hear this ticking sound coming from tailpipe as well. If i shut engine down & restart, it takes about 30 seconds for the sound to re-occur again and is very consistent. It is also very noticeable at all rpm's & while driving truck. Sounds similar to an exhaust leak but I have none.
I pulled the drivers side valve cover and everything seems to be okay. Aside from this noise, engine seems to run great, but something is definitely not right. Any help would be greatly appreciated guys.
Here's a youtube video of a truck with the same exact ticking sound that my truck has on drivers side. I plan on posting my own vid soon. let me know what you think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24DpUuIgkYs