Rover 3.5efi strange tapping knocking noise
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:01 am
good morning and a happy new year everyone
my 1987 3.5efi (zf auto) started coming up with some annoying noise after the camshaft was renewed. camshaft is an etc6850l from turner engineering UK, lifters are new orig. land rover 4949 ones timing chain and its wheels came new too (even turner eng.-parts) new 20w50 oil incl. filter naturally...and the job was done by a so called oldtimer workshop next village here.
i say "so called" as the young mechanic was told by me that after the oil sump had been off (dont know why he took it off) the oil pump has to be primed with vaseline as it won`t be able to suck the oil in by itself. and i told him to check lifter preload. but he told me that it would be ok without doing so.--and fired the engine up after all work done. but as i told him-the idiot light did not go out. the engine had been running like this for about 5-10mins. he revved up to 2-3k rpm several times hoping oil pressure would come on--but naturally it did not. now it has developed an annoying tapping/clacking nois appearing under even light load. while shifter is in P or N position you can rev up to 3-4k rpm and there`s no such noise.
my supposition now is--he kind of killed my engine while running without oil pressure which in my eyes could have caused a conrod bearing damage..or piston-"damage" (ring(s) broken/piston slap maybe. whats your thoughts about this please? i got a video of this sound too but dont know how to insert it here
best regards
alex
my 1987 3.5efi (zf auto) started coming up with some annoying noise after the camshaft was renewed. camshaft is an etc6850l from turner engineering UK, lifters are new orig. land rover 4949 ones timing chain and its wheels came new too (even turner eng.-parts) new 20w50 oil incl. filter naturally...and the job was done by a so called oldtimer workshop next village here.
i say "so called" as the young mechanic was told by me that after the oil sump had been off (dont know why he took it off) the oil pump has to be primed with vaseline as it won`t be able to suck the oil in by itself. and i told him to check lifter preload. but he told me that it would be ok without doing so.--and fired the engine up after all work done. but as i told him-the idiot light did not go out. the engine had been running like this for about 5-10mins. he revved up to 2-3k rpm several times hoping oil pressure would come on--but naturally it did not. now it has developed an annoying tapping/clacking nois appearing under even light load. while shifter is in P or N position you can rev up to 3-4k rpm and there`s no such noise.
my supposition now is--he kind of killed my engine while running without oil pressure which in my eyes could have caused a conrod bearing damage..or piston-"damage" (ring(s) broken/piston slap maybe. whats your thoughts about this please? i got a video of this sound too but dont know how to insert it here
best regards
alex