cjmitchell5
Adventurer
I haven't done much internally on a 2.25 petrol but it is rover so nothing surprises me anymore; has anyone seen or heard of this scenario?
I was under the hood adjusting/tightening/adding something and I happen to notice the three nuts that hold down the valve cover were only finger tight. I grab my 13mm wrench and tighten them down, all good, yeah?
A day or two later my wife go out to dinner and as I start the landy to head home, I notice a pronounced knock, not a tick, not pinging, a knock. :Wow1: great, I'm leaving for iraq in two weeks and I've slipped a bearing. Oh well, it's going into storage, I've a spare engine, it'll wait till next Sept.
Tonight, I decide to change the oil to get ready for storage and take it for a spin around the block. Still knocking, I'm still sad. I stop for gas and put my hand on it and listen closely, maybe not a bearing, seems really high, like valve train knock. Then I remember the knock seemed kinda sudden after tightening the valve cover. So with the landy idling I get out the 13mm and loosen them back to finger tight. Knock goes away. So that is my mystery, why would how tight the valve cover is have anything to do w/ a valve train knock????
PS-What do you guys think the chances are that the local Land Rover dealership would want a 71 SIIa as a static display in their showroom for a year? I'd prefer that, then it just sitting in a parking lot w/ a cover on it
I was under the hood adjusting/tightening/adding something and I happen to notice the three nuts that hold down the valve cover were only finger tight. I grab my 13mm wrench and tighten them down, all good, yeah?
A day or two later my wife go out to dinner and as I start the landy to head home, I notice a pronounced knock, not a tick, not pinging, a knock. :Wow1: great, I'm leaving for iraq in two weeks and I've slipped a bearing. Oh well, it's going into storage, I've a spare engine, it'll wait till next Sept.
Tonight, I decide to change the oil to get ready for storage and take it for a spin around the block. Still knocking, I'm still sad. I stop for gas and put my hand on it and listen closely, maybe not a bearing, seems really high, like valve train knock. Then I remember the knock seemed kinda sudden after tightening the valve cover. So with the landy idling I get out the 13mm and loosen them back to finger tight. Knock goes away. So that is my mystery, why would how tight the valve cover is have anything to do w/ a valve train knock????
PS-What do you guys think the chances are that the local Land Rover dealership would want a 71 SIIa as a static display in their showroom for a year? I'd prefer that, then it just sitting in a parking lot w/ a cover on it
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