4.8 GRX Clucking Sound from ENGINE when cold
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Re: 4.8 GRX Clucking Sound from ENGINE when cold
I agree with Chris Skinner, check out the belts!!!
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Re: 4.8 GRX Clucking Sound from ENGINE when cold
Me thinks it's the hydraulic tappets emptying during the night and taking time to fill.
As a matter of interest, do you get it more often when you moved the car the previous night, i.e. only started and idled a short time before it is switch off?
As a matter of interest, do you get it more often when you moved the car the previous night, i.e. only started and idled a short time before it is switch off?
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Re: 4.8 GRX Clucking Sound from ENGINE when cold
Could also be the timing chain tensioner taking time to fill with oil...
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