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You should at least take off the valve covers and see if you have a stuck valve or lifter.

Originally Posted by Blow by

You should at least take off the valve covers and see if you have a stuck valve or lifter.

Considering I thought I heard the sound on the drivers side down low, I debated draining the oil and checking the rods... however, the valve covers were easier so that's what I did.

I pulled the passenger side cover to find the following:


The red "arrows" (hey, I did that with my camera - lol) show where I have two bent pushrods. All the other pushrods appeared to be fine. So at this point I'm wondering if the corresponding valves are so stuck that they bent the pushrods? after I removed all the pushrods I was able to hear the motor rotate without any strange noises, so I'm guessing the bottom end is good. I was able to watch in the spark plug holes the pistons move up and down.

Overall, I had a productive afternoon.