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Old 08-23-2014, 03:13 PM   #50
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Default Re: Tell me this noise isn't what I'm afraid it is.

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Use a long screw driver or a metal rod to your ear and check each cylinder for noise at idle. If you have a stethoscope, so much the better.
Tried to hear something with the stethoscope on the heads and couldn't hear anything. I'd have to try to get it on the side of the engine from below. Haven't done that yet.

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Pulling the choke out to change the noise is odd.
It works great for premature detonation which I thought it was initially.
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