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700rpm · 02-03-2012, 07:24 PM

A few months back I determined that my #3 cylinder was making a ticking noise, and that it was either a split piston skirt or a broken ring, based on shorting out the individual cylinders and the noise going away when I did that on #3. Today I was driving the coupe again and wondering what would happen if I just played with spark advance and retard a little bit.

Wellsir, at about the 9:00 position the ticking went away (which it does when the engine warms up anyway, but the engine was still cold).

SO! My question is: does this change my original assumption about the cause of the ticking?

02-03-2012, 07:24 PM	#1
700rpm Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 6,039	What's that noise part II A few months back I determined that my #3 cylinder was making a ticking noise, and that it was either a split piston skirt or a broken ring, based on shorting out the individual cylinders and the noise going away when I did that on #3. Today I was driving the coupe again and wondering what would happen if I just played with spark advance and retard a little bit. Wellsir, at about the 9:00 position the ticking went away (which it does when the engine warms up anyway, but the engine was still cold). SO! My question is: does this change my original assumption about the cause of the ticking? __________________ Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.

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