Valve Train Chatter????

umdivx · Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:31 pm

So a buddy of mine, his woman bought a 2000 ZTS with 79k miles for $5k, expensive but not that bad.

Anyways, its got an extremely loud valve train. The chatter is more noticeable than any other Zetec that I've heard (even ones with aggressive cams).

Just wonder what you all think it could be and any preventative maint. that you would recommend, I am just at a loss right now.

- Josh

Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:23 am

Change the oil to start with and if that doesn't help then he need to get the valve adjustment checked.

umdivx · Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:49 am

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Change the oil to start with and if that doesn't help then he need to get the valve adjustment checked.

How much is involved with that? Know any good/reliable/reasonably priced mechanics that can do that?

- Josh

Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:36 pm

umdivx wrote:
FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Change the oil to start with and if that doesn't help then he need to get the valve adjustment checked.
How much is involved with that? Know any good/reliable/reasonably priced mechanics that can do that?

- Josh

As always I can reccomend Lutz auto in Hugo, The owner Vince was a tech at Tousley and he was the only guy any of us parts guys allowed to touch our cars. He's a great guy and a great tech.

focinite · Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:38 pm

my svt is doing the same, there is a tsb about valve adjusting but im not sure that the valve train is adjustable out side of replacing the dampners and roller followers.

Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:23 pm

focinite wrote:my svt is doing the same, there is a tsb about valve adjusting but im not sure that the valve train is adjustable out side of replacing the dampners and roller followers.

The only adjustment is replacing the buckets/lifters with different thicknesses, It's a bunch of math to figure out which ones you need.

focinite · Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:24 pm

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:
focinite wrote:my svt is doing the same, there is a tsb about valve adjusting but im not sure that the valve train is adjustable out side of replacing the dampners and roller followers.
The only adjustment is replacing the buckets/lifters with different thicknesses, It's a bunch of math to figure out which ones you need.

yeah cus im good at math