Steak&Eggs
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I rebuilt the injectors, put it all back together and drove it a few days. Noticed a small rocker arm cover leak. It ran fine - though it had poor mileage (10 mpg). Used to get 12.5 13 fully loaded. (its a flatbed and can haul 3.5 T) But lightly loaded it now seems to get 10. So I took the rocker cover off and re-glued it. When I started it up the first time it had a lifter rattle that it never had before!
The rest of the story - when it was all done except a nut on the strut between the turbo and the intake manifold I discovered that I did not have it. (at least could not be found.) I thought Krap - it might be in the engine. So I looked inside the head (with flex camera) on all 8 intake ports. But I found no nut. Stuck a magnet in also - no luck. This with the cover off the intake manifold and the manifold still on the engine.
I suspect something I did as it was fine before. I guess I will take the rocker arm cover off and look at it, but it seems to me if the nut was in there it would not make any noise.
Now to my question.
If I use a stick or hose and put it on each arm of the manifold where it contacts the head and stick the other end in my ear, will that give me a clue as to which cyl is the problem or is there a better way?
Thanks for any reply!
The rest of the story - when it was all done except a nut on the strut between the turbo and the intake manifold I discovered that I did not have it. (at least could not be found.) I thought Krap - it might be in the engine. So I looked inside the head (with flex camera) on all 8 intake ports. But I found no nut. Stuck a magnet in also - no luck. This with the cover off the intake manifold and the manifold still on the engine.
I suspect something I did as it was fine before. I guess I will take the rocker arm cover off and look at it, but it seems to me if the nut was in there it would not make any noise.
Now to my question.
If I use a stick or hose and put it on each arm of the manifold where it contacts the head and stick the other end in my ear, will that give me a clue as to which cyl is the problem or is there a better way?
Thanks for any reply!