How long will my motor last?

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I just started getting a chuffing noise coming from the exhaust it comes off and on. i figure its worn valve guides since the lack of oil. i was wondering how long after will the valve drop and destroy my engine?
 

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A minute, a day, a month, a year... no crystal ball here. Do yourself a favor and identify the problem ASAP before it gets really expensive to fix. It may be a valve guide but it could also be a bent pushrod, worn rocker etc. There was one on another site not too long ago that turned out to be a rocker bolt that had worked loose, a simple fix.
 

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yeah ok ill pull the covers and see whats up. im just sick of this truck its one thing after another. i just put a new clutch in last week because it was slipping bad and replaced all the return hose and tees cuz they still were original ones and leaking.-cuss my mom thinks im spending to much money on it.
 
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a set of offshore heads costs me $375 assembled & out the door.
rumour has it there's going to be a parts run from CA to OR happening sometime soon. you just might be able to have the BOOB express run it up there for you for a much smaller fee than what freight would normally cost;Sweet
 
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