04 slipped liner?
#33
I tried my best to look down there with a pen flashlight but couldnt make out anything, I did notice that the #3 plug was extremely shiny as opposed to the others on that side.
#34
You should see if autozone or one of em will loan you a borescope to look at the pistons, you should also see if you can get a gas test kit on loan to see if you are getting gases into the coolant, and you should try the water hose test to see what you get with that.
#35
You should see if autozone or one of em will loan you a borescope to look at the pistons, you should also see if you can get a gas test kit on loan to see if you are getting gases into the coolant, and you should try the water hose test to see what you get with that.
#36
If you are loosing coolant and are ticking, it's probably going into the cylinder.
You'll have to work you way through all of this to see where you are at exactly.
#37
Probably but, if it turns out that it's just the sleeve moving and not a cracked block and you aren't getting coolant into the cylinder you may be able to stop the tick with a 180 thermostat.
If you are loosing coolant and are ticking, it's probably going into the cylinder.
You'll have to work you way through all of this to see where you are at exactly.
If you are loosing coolant and are ticking, it's probably going into the cylinder.
You'll have to work you way through all of this to see where you are at exactly.
#38
So I had the exact same thing going on with mine. Just curious I know you said you are using 93 but my tick went away once I switched from BP gas to Shell. I also saw the gas mileage go up. I switched gas in March and my tick has been gone since then. I wasn't getting any codes on mine though. I would go ahead and change out your plugs and wires though. The factory wires are horrible about arcing.
#39
#40
Yours is probably not a liner if you can hear it on the highway and at high rpm.
I couldn't hear mine on the highway at all. Only idling and up to maybe 2K rpm or so and only after warm. After raising the rpm's higher it wouldn't tick since the liner couldn't keep up with the piston.
and even on those that definitely do have a loose liner the 180 t-stat is not a guaranteed fix. It's a shot in the dark but well worth a try. It stopped mine from ticking but, some have said it didn't stop theirs.
Last edited by RicketyTick; 10-08-2014 at 06:49 PM.