Help 1992 7mgte is making noise

St!LL b0oStEd

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:1zhelp:Well it all started when coming home from work , I started to hear a slight rattle / ticking noise from top end after 3000rpms not at low idle and no noise when idle ,sounds like top end back of motor any suggestions
 

suprarx7nut

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If that's in the top end I would guess it's excessive valve lash. Hard to tell from the video, but I'm thinking its more likely rod knock. Valve tick in my experience sounds a lot higher pitched than your video seems.

Have you checked valve clearances? Valve lash is easy to fix. Rod knock essentially means a full engine rebuild.
 

akito

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That doesn't sound like valves tick, it does sound's like rodknock but can't confirm that without further diagnostics