Re: V-6 engine ticking

[Alan Lambert <lechefgerard@domain.elided>]

Sounds a lot like a pushrod came out of adjustment.

--- PETER FUGEDI <cybertrance@domain.elided> wrote:
> Upon starting up my Milano 2.5 this morning, I noticed a ticking
> noise coming
> from the engine.  It is a pretty loud and consistent click-clack kind
> of
> noise.  It gets faster as you accelerate.  The engine sounds like a
> Mercedes
> diesel or a tractor.  I ended up driving the car home kind of slowly.
> It did
> seem to have plenty of power,  but I didn't try to drive it hard. 
> Any guesses
> on what I might be looking at?  Valves, injectors?
> I filled up at an ARCO last night for the first time in years.  Could
> it just
> be bad gas?  (I am hoping, but I have a feeling it's not.)   The car
> usually
> gets fed Chevron or Shell btw.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter
> AROSC
> Los Angeles, CA
> 
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