Thread: Bryant changes his mind faster than any woman...and some Cam Help...

Sell it before it costs you more money.

no no no. i will get this shyt figured out.. one way or another...

Timing chain dampner or something with the timing chain, is my guess...

Gonna have to pull motor or drop it just enough to get at it from the wheel well. If you get mad or want to walk away, just remember batwood and how dedicated he is.

how much does it have to drop and whats the easiest way to drop it?

see and this is the wierd thing up top witht he stethascope the sound is even thru the flex plate and thru the timing cover.
But underneath the car it seems loudest and seems tlike it is coming from the flex plate... Can a sound from a flex plate travel over to the timing cover like that?

what cam bolt did you use? did you use loctite on it? torqued properly?

we reused the cam bolt. And yes i believe we did put loctite on it.

All you have to do is jack it up and take the wheel off...as many times as I had my motor out I just left all that plastic shielding and BS off the car...you don't have to drop the subframe or anything to remove the front cover...just take off the belts and the accessories and pulleys/etc...drain fluids...etc.

you just have to jack up the engine correct?

Originally Posted by BoostnBlackGTP

you just have to jack up the engine correct?

No...why do you have to jack up the engine to remove the front cover?

to get the bolts form the oil pan goin into the cover.....?

Jack up the car. Loosen the engine crade on the driver side and drop the passenger side if you need more working space. That's how I did my cam. Be careful when you do it, its nothing worth losing a limb over.

ok this video may suck but i tried to get a vid of the noise. The chirping u here is my belt. dont worry about that lol

2011-04-04_07-56-07_763.mp4 video by 1999blackgtp - Photobucket

Originally Posted by BoostnBlackGTP

to get the bolts form the oil pan goin into the cover.....?

1/4" drive socket...you can squeeze it in there without moving anything cradle wise.

ok guys well i diagnosed it even further and the noise is thruout the whole engine.... Its loud at the timing cover, the rear head, and the flex plate region.... Im starting to guess its rod knock or something along those lines. im uploading some better vids right now

here is vid one from above the car... Listen closely to everytime after i rev it up, you can hear the grind after everytime

2011-04-04_17-41-36_392.mp4 video by 1999blackgtp - Photobucket

video two from below the car.... again listen closely bcuz here you can hear it knocking at idle

2011-04-04_17-39-29_224.mp4 video by 1999blackgtp - Photobucket

ok just a little while ago i pulled all belts off jsut to make sure it wasnt w/p or anything like that. And with all belts off it still does it and i toke each spark plug wire off one at a time and that did not do anything either. But while the belts were off i stuck my long screw driver right behind the dampner pulley (or w.e. its called, the lowest pulley on the block thats on the front of timing cover) and it was super loud there. And the nosie even shoke my screwdirver in my hand... so..........im guessing its behind that

Pull the pulley and remove the shield.

remove that crank sensor shield?? thats what it seems like to you?

Could be, go try it. It wont hurt anything, unless you drop your car on your self then minor damage may result.