Re: 87 CGT Some Help please

[Dwight Varnes <mxbreed@lancnews.infi.net>]

Brian Raymond wrote:
> noticed a clinking sound comming from the engine today, it is always there
> and the speed of the clinking is directly related to the RPMs of the car,
> what kinds of things do that??
 
If it sounds more like a tapping, it's one of two things usually:
1) Valve lifters, the archille's heel of the I-5. Learn to live with it.
Or, you can get your engine flushed with a nifty device like I just had
done. Solves the problem, though time will tell for how long.
2) Broken exhaust manifold stud. Pretty much a trademark. The manifold
gets hot, swells, breaks the stud off in the head and leaks just a
little, causing what I typically refer to as 'small block chevy header
leak'. Major, major PITA to fix, and not recommended for amateurs.
Again, something that can be lived with.
-- 
"Life is too short to drive boring cars."

Dwight Varnes, insurance appraiser and car nut
1970 124 Spider (restored, mostly)
1986 Audi Coupe GT (bigger engine at machine shop)
1989 VW Jetta GLI 16v (the wife's ride, needs restored)
1984 Nissan 4x4 Pickup (rust never sleeps)
1965 Buick Skylark conv. (more fun than you'd think)