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Old 05-01-2022   #7
Hib Halverson
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: CenCoast California
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Default Re: 1991 ZR1 engine knocking on idle

It's too bad the mic was not down lower closer to the exhaust and also closer to the engine. That is...two different recordings.

I've played that footage a couple of times. Once with the volume as loud as my computer could go. It's really hard to tell but I think I could hear a "dead miss" in the exhaust in sync with that bad rattle from the engine.

Without better audio or a stethoscope session, I'll make a wild-assed guess that a valve lifter(s) have failed. The engine has a stuck, bent or broken valve.

It would be great to find out of the rattle is coming from the engine or the clutch housing and if from the engine, which bank.
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