RE: daily update

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> 	yeah, it sounds like a tick.  people initially thought is
> 	sounds like lifters.
> 
> 	anyway, it's hard to give this kind of estimate, but if
> 	this just started say 150 miles ago, about how much more
> 	driving can i do before i *must* do the fix?  i'll ask 
> 	about the fix later...
> 
... you're engine has no lifters ... it has manually adjusted tappets ...
perhaps it needs to have the valves adjusted.  You just had a head gasket
done, didn't you (or am I getting you confused with Michael W)? ... If you
did, then it may be as simple as one of the nuts that attaches the exh
manifold to the head have worked loose.  You might want to get in there ASAP
to see if this is the case ... I'd be worried that a loose nut there might
convince the EM that it needs to assume a warped position ... which would be
a bad thing.  

If you did just have the head gasket done, and the person who did the work
didn't check the flatness of the EM ... I know I'd be calling them up to
give them a talking to ...

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)