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I started the engine on my ED and it made a struggling noise while idling for around 4 seconds which was extremely weird.
I turned it off, and looked at the rocker cover and found it had cracked all around the first bolt. I'm guessing I need a new rocker cover now??? Also is that the reason it made that struggling noise??? The gregry's guide said to tighten the 4 bolts at 6nm and that's what I did. |
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| xpression |
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what did u do when u had it off? i think something may have happened internally to cause it to break. did u change cams or something?
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| Steady ED |
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You tightened it too much, the rocker covers are weak as.
Never torque them lol I dont know what a 'struggling' noise is, but I cant see a cracked rocker cover causing it.
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Hmmm.
How much does a replacement cost? How tight should I have had it? I was just putting gasket glue on when I had it off. The struggling noise was weird, it ran rough. |
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to be fair tho he did say he torqued it to 6nm as the book says, which is 2/10 of stuff all anyway.
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Yeah.
What is the correct torque setting? |
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ILLaViTaR wrote: Yeah.
What is the correct torque setting? Tight enough to hold it down, not tight enough to snap the rocker cover. Just grab one from a wrecker. I got a little crack in mine, I just left it. But if you've split it down the middle, grab another one.
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Hmmm ok.
What could of that struggling noise of been? Sounded like it was about to turn off |
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odd my cover has been off more than a hookers clothes, its usualy put back on reasonably tight, never had an issue... next time ill put it back a lil looser
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Hmmm ok.
What could of that struggling noise been? Sounded like it was about to turn off. I wanna know if it's safe to start it |
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rushed wrote: odd my cover has been off more than a hookers clothes, its usualy put back on reasonably tight, never had an issue... next time ill put it back a lil looser
EF/EL are a bit stronger, its EA-ED that are pissweak and crack, right down the middle. I dont know what you mean by struggling noise? Like the revs were dropping, it was almost stalling?
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probably sucking air in the rocker cover. may have already been cracked and just got worse.
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Will an EF/EL rocker cover fit straight on or will I need a new gasket/cylinder head?
Also yeah it sounded like it was almost stalling. I was afraid that shrapnel from the crack had landed into the engine. |
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thats still a possibility
best to pull the rocker cover off and have a squiz at whats gone on |
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ugh was afraid ya'd say that.
I'll report back in 15minutes |
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