Captain Page wrote:
> Thanks for the instructions and diagram (where do those thermo ports go?)
> ! Re-hooked and turned the car over no problem, after sitting for nine
> months. It took four tries.
> Once I got it going there was this clanking sound coming from the engine!
> Sounded like loud knocking!? The clanking/knocking increases and
> decreases with engine rev.
> Could the fuel be causing this (sitting for nine months)...bad fuel?
> Valves making this noise? Any ideas? Thanks.
A bad clanking/knocking sound is not good. It could be valve clatter,
although that tends to be not particularly loud. The problem is
probably
not simply fuel related (at least not at idle) unless the engine timing
is way off.
I would suggest checking the timing first. Then, with a fully charged
battery, and the coil disconnected, turn the engine over with the
starter
for quite a few seconds. Does the bad sound still occur? If yes, the
sound is clearly not fuel related. Performing a compression test at
that point may help find out if you've thrown a rod or anything equally
catastrophic.
Others will probably have much better suggestions, I don't have lots
of expertise yet with engine internals...
--ken
'74 TR6 Daily Driver
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