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Tdskip
post Dec 21 2018, 09:45 AM
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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/

Youtube of it running
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post Dec 21 2018, 09:53 AM
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Def sounds like valve train needs adjustment. Or maybe it has hydraylic lifters and it needs to run a while to pump them up.
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post Dec 21 2018, 09:59 AM
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QUOTE(cuddy_k @ Dec 21 2018, 07:53 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.

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Tdskip. I may know of a really nice car that just needs TLC. Might be a better option? Pm what your looking for.
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post Dec 21 2018, 10:24 AM
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QUOTE(mb911 @ Dec 21 2018, 10:59 AM) *

QUOTE(cuddy_k @ Dec 21 2018, 07:53 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.

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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!
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post Dec 21 2018, 10:54 AM
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Hydraulic lifters? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

C'mon now, Really???
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post Dec 21 2018, 12:09 PM
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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 ?.
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post Dec 21 2018, 12:15 PM
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Hydraulic lifters? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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.
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post Dec 21 2018, 12:18 PM
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Sounds like someone poured a fistful of coins down the oil filler neck (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Dec 21 2018, 12:19 PM
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sounds like exhaust leak plus tin rattle/blown out muffler.
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post Dec 21 2018, 12:28 PM
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Sounds like someone poured a fistful of coins down the oil filler neck (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


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.
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post Dec 21 2018, 12:37 PM
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The type 4 may make a little valve tick, but that engine is making noises that would set my OCD into overdrive.
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post Dec 21 2018, 12:44 PM
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The type 4 may make a little valve tick, but that engine is making noises that would set my OCD into overdrive.


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post Dec 21 2018, 03:33 PM
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Bronx Cheer around :18. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

That's the best sound in the whole video.
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post Dec 21 2018, 04:09 PM
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QUOTE(cuddy_k @ Dec 21 2018, 01:15 PM) *

QUOTE(sithot @ Dec 21 2018, 12:54 PM) *

Hydraulic lifters? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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.
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post Dec 21 2018, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE(cuddy_k @ Dec 21 2018, 11:15 AM) *

QUOTE(sithot @ Dec 21 2018, 12:54 PM) *

Hydraulic lifters? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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.

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post Dec 21 2018, 05:10 PM
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Sounds like a really loose alternator belt slapping randomly.
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