Re: '87 4kq engine noises

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

Is this the famous vacuum pump noise?

Kneale Brownson


At 11:47 AM 10/25/99 -0400, Thomas J. Barbera wrote:
>Dear q-listers,
>
>My brother has an '87 4kq which has been making some very disturbing
>noises as of late.  It all started on his trip down to TX when he began
>to hear intermittant clanking noises coming from the engine.  It doesn't
>sound like the normal valve ticking, it's louder and sounds more like a
>clank than a tick.  My cousin who is a mechanic thought that is sounded
>like a rod bearing is going, but said the car would've never made it
>back to PA if that were the case.  The only thing that he can guess is
>that a lifter is bad, but he said he never heard a bad lifter make that
>much noise before.  The car runs fine, but it has this intermittant
>clanking.  If anyone could give me some advice on this problem before we
>rip into it, I'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks.
>
>Tom B.
>'86 4kq (soon to be 4ktq)
>'87 5ktqw (donor)
>