Loud ticking noise from engine

Originally Posted by ImportConvert Further, if the bottom end was starved, who is to say there isn't damage to the top end? Just because the bottom end is what caused

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03-01-2012, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Further, if the bottom end was starved, who is to say there isn't damage to the top end? Just because the bottom end is what caused the noise doesn't mean the top end isn't damaged too.

None the less, they probably found no symptoms of failure in the head to denote a full long block. Heads (especially in this car) are expensive, not to mention the intake manifold and other goodies. They simply wont change that out unless they know they have to.

You can pound your fists all your want, but unless he can prove damage to the top end, he's not getting it.

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