Cave Johnson
New Member
Hi all.
About three weeks ago after a drive to the supermarket which had gone fine my car started to make a horrible, loud ticking/tapping noise on the way home. Had been driven slowly to the supermarket, though with the engine warmer a bit more briskly on the way home but by no means over-revving it and certainly not thrashing it from cold.
The noise came on all of a sudden, no loss of power to be felt, just a loud noise which doesn't seem to get louder when the oil filler cap is removed. But the noise does rise and fall with the revs so I was thinking something to do with the cam possibly, or maybe a snapped valve spring?
Someone told me it could be a blocked injector but I can't see that making such a horrendous sound. Any ideas what it could be and the best ways of checking?
Not in too much of a rush so may do the work myself as I have a V8 to play with for now. Thanks.
About three weeks ago after a drive to the supermarket which had gone fine my car started to make a horrible, loud ticking/tapping noise on the way home. Had been driven slowly to the supermarket, though with the engine warmer a bit more briskly on the way home but by no means over-revving it and certainly not thrashing it from cold.
The noise came on all of a sudden, no loss of power to be felt, just a loud noise which doesn't seem to get louder when the oil filler cap is removed. But the noise does rise and fall with the revs so I was thinking something to do with the cam possibly, or maybe a snapped valve spring?
Someone told me it could be a blocked injector but I can't see that making such a horrendous sound. Any ideas what it could be and the best ways of checking?
Not in too much of a rush so may do the work myself as I have a V8 to play with for now. Thanks.