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Old 09-14-2010, 07:43 PM
Barry_R Barry_R is offline
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Ticking could be a bad lifter - but one thats collapsing as opposed to stuck open. If the exhaust valve does not open it will pop into the intake and run really poorly. On are occassion I have even had bad ones show up on the dyno on a new startup...
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