Hi, Some questions: On my 289 V8 the other day I was driving my Lark. I heard some banging and the oil light came on (rapping like a slapping or ??). Anyway I turned off the car and had it towed. Later on I started the car and it would start and idle. When I would rev it up it was a bit noisy, but not as bad as before. I am at a loss to guess the problem.
Stuff that was done:
Two years ago I needed to repair piston 7 and the valves. The repair had 2000 miles on it. The block has been cleaned out, timing was perfect, oil clean etc etc. I checked that piston 7 had compression and it did. Oil pressure starts at 50-60 and goes to 20-30 when the oil is warm. I put a oil gauge on it and pressure comes up and it good. Some times it acts a bit out of time but the distributer had not moved, the rotor was ok moves etc. Nothing seemed to be binding.
Ant thoughts are appreciated to save this stude.
David G. Nittler
Stuff that was done:
Two years ago I needed to repair piston 7 and the valves. The repair had 2000 miles on it. The block has been cleaned out, timing was perfect, oil clean etc etc. I checked that piston 7 had compression and it did. Oil pressure starts at 50-60 and goes to 20-30 when the oil is warm. I put a oil gauge on it and pressure comes up and it good. Some times it acts a bit out of time but the distributer had not moved, the rotor was ok moves etc. Nothing seemed to be binding.
Ant thoughts are appreciated to save this stude.
David G. Nittler
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