knock on startup

Originally Posted by Rps13.jw If your referrin to the loud ticking sound(sounds like knocking) Its normal. The oil need to recirculate throught the motor after its been sitting. The noise

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Originally Posted by Rps13.jw

If your referrin to the loud ticking sound(sounds like knocking) Its normal. The oil need to recirculate throught the motor after its been sitting. The noise is coming from the lifters. When they are empty of oil they make a loud ticking sound.

we don't have hydraulic lifters just solid cam followers so it is probably temperatures causing the clearances to open up and when the heat from the combustion expands the metal it shuts up.

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