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Whats Goin On With My Motor?

bigbadchev84

bigbadchev84

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well i went mudding the other day and everything was fine......today after work i jump in my truck and go to cruise it through town to the carwash and it starts ticking.....then backfiring through the carb like crazy, at idle it would just miss alittle then give it gas it would backfire like crazy.....but it wasnt the timing because most all the power was still there.....i tried to limp it home and out of no where it just cleared up......i pulled over and checked under the hood and i blew about 3 vacuum caps off, i put them back on but now i think i got a dead cylinder it still has gobs of power just idles rough.....did i drop a valve or something? where do i start here?
 
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First thing to check is for moisture inside the distributor cap. Ya probably just got some water on the engine while playing in the mud.
 
Mud is EVIL!! It gets everywhere! Check to make sure all your carb linkages are working and also check all your plug wires.
 
would that have caused the ticking noise though? it almost sounded like a lifter ticking or a rocker arm loose......then it would backfire through the carb like mad then just went away but i for sure have a dead cylinder just by the way it is idleing.......
 
def sounds like some mud/water down in ur engine.. bad bad flush it out big time..... thats why i retired from mud b4 it killed me
 
ok guys well i checked the cap and it was fine, i had the motor running at an idle and was listening when i felt the driver side valve cover i felt a ticking, so i pulled the cover off to find the #1 cylinder rocker arms all messed up, the intake rocker nut was almost completely backed off, and the exaust pushrod is slightly bent, should i just toss new rods in and go???? is there anything else that i should check? thanks guys
 
WoW! But it ran fine when you parked it from mudding?? It wouldn't cost you much to throw a new push rod in and give that a try. If something is messed up it won't be any worse after you replaced the push rod. Make sure the threads didn't stip on the stud or nut for the rocker. Also make sure the cylinder is clear of the "evil" mud and water. Probably what caused the problem anyway. If you want to make certain of damage you will need to pull the head and check valves and cylinder and go from there. And keep that stuff out of the engine! Good luck!
 
ok well i just went to autozone and got 2 new pushrods....the exaust was bent, but now the intake rocker nut is like really loose when it is adjusted to where it needs to be.... do i just put some thread locker on that?
 
niether was stripped, i checked them both really careful, i didnt have any locktite so i used epoxy, i just drove it around town for about an hour and everything still seems fine
 
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