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   Well I am leaving for a week long houseboat trip at Lake Powell tomorrow morning and it looks like the boat isn't coming with me. Fired it up in the driveway this morning and heard a pretty noticeable knock coming from the starboard valve cover that I did not hear when out for memorial day. Haven't pulled it apart yet but I don't think its going to be good. Checked the oil to see if it was overfull because of water in the oil and it looked possibly a little over full but not majorly. Also drained a few ounces of oil out and it doesn't look milky to me...What are your thoughts? Is it likely a bent rod or what and if so what could cause it?

Sucks but I am going to try not to let it ruin my trip.Luckily we are meeting friends out there with several boats so I will be a passenger this trip.

Can't stop thinking about the potential cost/ lack of boat during summer :(

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skitique179 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: December-06-2011 Status: Offline Points: 176	Post Options Post Reply Quote skitique179 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Womp Womp Womp Posted: June-21-2014 at 11:02pm
	Well I am leaving for a week long houseboat trip at Lake Powell tomorrow morning and it looks like the boat isn't coming with me. Fired it up in the driveway this morning and heard a pretty noticeable knock coming from the starboard valve cover that I did not hear when out for memorial day. Haven't pulled it apart yet but I don't think its going to be good. Checked the oil to see if it was overfull because of water in the oil and it looked possibly a little over full but not majorly. Also drained a few ounces of oil out and it doesn't look milky to me...What are your thoughts? Is it likely a bent rod or what and if so what could cause it? Sucks but I am going to try not to let it ruin my trip.Luckily we are meeting friends out there with several boats so I will be a passenger this trip. Can't stop thinking about the potential cost/ lack of boat during summer :(

mamigacz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: June-08-2014 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 96	Post Options Post Reply Quote mamigacz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June-22-2014 at 11:14am
	How long did you run it in the driveway? Did you change the oil prior to this happening? Its possible a lifter didn't get a chance to fill up with oil. Other possibilities could be: -loose rocker arm -broken rocker arm -collapsed lifter -bent pushrod (not likely) If it knocks after warm up. I would pull the valve cover off and inspect for a broken rocker arm. After that, check the valve lash. If you don't know how to check valve lash let me know and I can get you a procedure.

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