Recent content by Swimupstream

For me it just randomly chattered all the time. If you take the 15 minutes to pull the glove compartment and lower assembly off (like 5 or 6 simple bolts), you can stick your head up under there and watch them both. Change temperature and modes back and forth and you'll see which one is...

Worked with it a bit, checked harness again, swapped sensors side to side, no change. Thought about swapping harnesses side to side, but that may be detrimental...

Have code P0340, Camshaft Position Sensor A, Bank 1. (passenger side) Changed it out, did some progressive driving, kicks back on. Gone through it and cleared it several times, keeps kicking back on. Harness looks good, I'm no pro but nothing funky and seats firmly. I also have knock sensor...

Finally got time to mess around. Short story: Nothing finite. It's more clear towards the rear of the block and possibly on the driver side. This would line up with the #6 plug history (driver closest to firewall). However, it's not absolutely definitive. Some passenger side stuff is clear...

3 things I learned about auto-ears... Still work left to do, here's a preliminary report. 1. Chassis-ears aren't fast! It takes some time to find spots to clamp, get each cable routed, out of the way of the wheels, exhaust and hot spots, held up from dragging. 2. It's not easy to find spots...

Sorry alia176, waiting on the ears to arrive threw off my schedule, then life and work projects. Been sitting on the back seat since they arrived. Hope to try on Sunday. Promise to be in touch.

Had a buddy who’s helped me in the past (lives far away now) take a few min, and he is 95% sure it’s somewhere at the back bottom—torque converter, flex plate, interface etc. I.e., the big clue we started out with that it’s present only in gear. He feels that the tick that’s audible in neutral...

Lol I agree it doesn't sound good. But it's been that way for a year now, no worsening, no poor performance, just annoying as hell. An engine swap is out of the question for me. It's out of my skillset, resources, and timeframe (this is my daily driver) and wipes out my entire budget for the...

Videos Okay, one from the interior, one from exterior. The video actually picks up exterior better. Interior may need earbuds or really good audio to distinguish, but my explanations are better there. Interior, most clarity at 1:00...

MikeinNH67, I'll try another video tomorrow with a better source, phone didn't do much of a job. Wouldn't a manifold leak sound roughly the same regardless of being in gear? Maybe a little diff, but this is significantly different. I do have some chuffing, long while now, and know I need to...

Happy 2023 gang. Used the auto stethoscope-- you're gonna kill me for this description. In general, it resonates clearly EVERYWHERE. It seems more obvious towards the back of both heads, and down in the valley towards the back. Equal on both sides. Tried to hit it from everywhere, including...

I used a regular stethoscope with a dowel, been effective for me in the past. If you believe it may make that much of a difference in this case, I can grab one while I'm out today.

1. What do you think the noise is? 2. What else should I plan on replacing while I’m in here? (I’m replacing my timing cover gasket (tiny ext leak), head gasket (coolant odor in exhaust), and probably timing chains (175k) and hopefully determine and remedy this noise. Machining heads and maybe...

Kinda rationalized that as an option, but is there a special tool, attachment, or other popular garage creations before I rig something moronic up myself?

BlackWorksInc is right... 165k on this motor (245 on the vehicle, replaced at 160 with an 80k motor) and all of the valve clearances are in spec. One is kinda-maybe a little wide. Exhaust is to be 011-.015. The 0.16 can fit but gets wedged and have to wrestle it out. I had two different sets...