Valve Knocking Hardcore

[b00stingsx]

ok cam gears are lined up at 3 and 9 o clock. The crank pully is at "BTDC 10." is this correct/where it should be? did my timing jump?

[b00stingsx]

the car HAS had its valves done once already at around 110,000 miles. the car now has 154,000 miles. also, i the oil level was short 3 qts too (kinda weird since i DO check it everyso often). but i filled it up and started it and theres still a tick noise, so i turned it off right away.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Make sure the dowels on the cam gears are at the top. Line the cam gear marks up, run a straight edge across the cam bolts and the marks. The straight edge should go through the center of the bolts. The mark on the crank pulley should be at TDC/0 BTDC.

[b00stingsx]

ok so heres the deal, timing looks right, 5 degrees before top dead center, it all lines up...

Car turns over without mpi fuse in, and DOES NOT make tick noise. THen when MPI fuse is in, the car starts, and makes tick noise. also it wont go over 4500 rpms.

Anyone?!

[b00stingsx]

i scraped the top of the pistons and they have dirty oily shit stuff on them, so im gonna get some combustion chamber cleaner and see what that does for me...

[john]

That dirty shit is carbon. Get MCCC to clean them. Are you still on the stock pump and the 550's?

[b00stingsx]

190lph and 550's. Where do I get mccc? the autoparts stores dont carry it at all (or anything like it)!

Also, what kind of oil pressure should i be getting?

[john]

I believe we got MCCC at Dodge. I think it stands for Mopar Combustion Chamber Cleaner making it a dealer only part. It got rid of my phantom knock last year. I am not sure about the oil pressure though. I still have my stock gauge.

[b00stingsx]

im thinking its a rod bearing now. I will pull the oil pan and hope that there aren't any metal shards just kick'n it in there!

[joem]

Like ecoli said the crank mark should be at 0 not 10 or 5. Sounds like you
:beer: jumped 2 teethon the belt like mine was.Lack of power knock and low compression.
joe