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Valve Train Chatter????
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:31 pm
by umdivx
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
Re: Valve Train Chatter????
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:23 am
by Steve@Tasca
Change the oil to start with and if that doesn't help then he need to get the valve adjustment checked.
Re: Valve Train Chatter????
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:49 am
by umdivx
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
Re: Valve Train Chatter????
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:36 pm
by Steve@Tasca
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.
Re: Valve Train Chatter????
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:38 pm
by focinite
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.
Re: Valve Train Chatter????
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:23 pm
by Steve@Tasca
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.
Re: Valve Train Chatter????
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:24 pm
by focinite
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
