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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Does this car sound off?
Posted by: Tdskip Dec 21 2018, 09:45 AM
Current on BAT, decided to ask here rather than there since I don't want to interfere with the auction as I'm not a potential buyer.
Valve adjustment off?
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-porsche-914-9/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKmkPH8W8gY
Posted by: cuddy_k Dec 21 2018, 09:53 AM
Def sounds like valve train needs adjustment. Or maybe it has hydraylic lifters and it needs to run a while to pump them up.
Posted by: mb911 Dec 21 2018, 09:59 AM
Def sounds like valve train needs adjustment. Or maybe it has hydraylic lifters and it needs to run a while to pump them up.
Tdskip. I may know of a really nice car that just needs TLC. Might be a better option? Pm what your looking for.
Posted by: Tdskip Dec 21 2018, 10:24 AM
Def sounds like valve train needs adjustment. Or maybe it has hydraylic lifters and it needs to run a while to pump them up.
Tdskip. I may know of a really nice car that just needs TLC. Might be a better option? Pm what your looking for.
Hi Ben - thanks for the follow up. Just looking to run my 914 hearing and diagnostic skills.
I am not personally looking, my 914 cup runeth over!
Posted by: sithot Dec 21 2018, 10:54 AM
Hydraulic lifters? 
C'mon now, Really???
Posted by: porschetub Dec 21 2018, 12:09 PM
Hard to tell from that really,but sounded a bit more than tappet noise,more of a knocking than rattling ? makes you wonder why the person behind the camera wasn't closer,buyer beware I guess ?.
Posted by: cuddy_k Dec 21 2018, 12:15 PM
Hydraulic lifters?
C'mon now, Really???
My car has em and they sound a lot like that after the car’s been sitting. 15 mins later all is fine.
Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 21 2018, 12:18 PM
Sounds like someone poured a fistful of coins down the oil filler neck 
Posted by: SteveL Dec 21 2018, 12:19 PM
sounds like exhaust leak plus tin rattle/blown out muffler.
Posted by: bbrock Dec 21 2018, 12:28 PM
Sounds like someone poured a fistful of coins down the oil filler neck
Doesn't that describe pretty much any Type 4? I love 'em, but they don't sound sexy. I think I recently described it as sounding like a box of buffalo farts.
That engine does sound a lot like the bus I had with hydraulic lifters after it sat for awhile. It's been so long since I've heard an actual running Type 4, that I don't pretend to diagnose by sound though.
Posted by: TravisNeff Dec 21 2018, 12:37 PM
The type 4 may make a little valve tick, but that engine is making noises that would set my OCD into overdrive.
Posted by: bbrock Dec 21 2018, 12:44 PM
The type 4 may make a little valve tick, but that engine is making noises that would set my OCD into overdrive.
Posted by: sithot Dec 21 2018, 03:33 PM
Bronx Cheer around :18. 
That's the best sound in the whole video.
Posted by: Tdskip Dec 21 2018, 04:09 PM
Hydraulic lifters?
C'mon now, Really???
My car has em and they sound a lot like that after the car’s been sitting. 15 mins later all is fine.
My 73 with a rebuilt engine I believed to have these as well, when I first fired it up it scared the heck out of me but once it ran for a bit it went away.
Posted by: JamesM Dec 21 2018, 04:13 PM
Hydraulic lifters?
C'mon now, Really???
My car has em and they sound a lot like that after the car’s been sitting. 15 mins later all is fine.
Mine sounds a hell of a lot louder than that when the hydo lifters would drain out.
Posted by: tomeric914 Dec 21 2018, 05:10 PM
Sounds like a really loose alternator belt slapping randomly.
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