EA82 85 Wagon

 

I have a wacking/slapping sound. Kind of sound like a woodpecker, or when you hit a piece of metal with another piece of metal, that vibration sound... kinda of hard to describe. Its not knocking. Sounds like its coming from one side of the engine. It comes and goes. Seems worse when its cold. It also diesels sometimes.. I was thinking a timing belt is loose and thats what im hearing?

 

 

Thanks,

Wes

My 2 cents, its probably lifters. Welcome to having the infamous "tick of death" But not really a sign of death though. Do a search for noisy lifters or tick of death.

I thought tod was ea81?

 

try seafoaming it, could be detonation

I thought tod was ea81?

 

TOD is NEVER EA81's. Always in reference to the EA82's.

 

EA81's mostly had solid lifters and those that have hydro's rarely tick. The oil pump design is superior and there are no cam-case o-rings to leak. The lifters are also much closer to the pump being a push-rod engine.

 

I agree - your sound is most certainly ticking lifters. Do some searches as this has been covered weekly for the last 10 years.

 

GD

okay thanks.