Can anyone supply some more information to my problem below? Thanks Ken
for your advise.
Thanks in advance-
Captain Page
>>Captain Page wrote:
>> Thanks for the instructions and diagram (where do those thermo ports
>>go?) ! Re-hooked and turned the car over no problem, after sitting for
>>nine months. It took four tries.
>> Once I got it going there was this clanking sound coming from the
engine! >>Sounded like loud knocking!? The clanking/knocking increases
and
>> decreases with engine rev.
>
>> Could the fuel be causing this (sitting for nine months)...bad fuel?
>> Valves making this noise? Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>A bad clanking/knocking sound is not good. It could be valve clatter,
>although that tends to be not particularly loud. The problem is
probably
>not simply fuel related (at least not at idle) unless the engine timing
>is way off.
>I would suggest checking the timing first. Then, with a fully charged
>battery, and the coil disconnected, turn the engine over with the
>starter for quite a few seconds. Does the bad sound still occur? If
yes, the
>sound is clearly not fuel related. Performing a compression test at
>that point may help find out if you've thrown a rod or anything
>equally catastrophic.
>
>Others will probably have much better suggestions, I don't have lots
>of expertise yet with engine internals...
>
>--ken
>'74 TR6 Daily Driver
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