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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Tackle
Those wouldn't make a ticking noise.
I think they would be seeing if the oil drain plug is in correctly and I am not loosing oil as no oil = tick.
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Old Sep 20, 2014 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Red-Ford
I think they would be seeing if the oil drain plug is in correctly and I am not loosing oil as no oil = tick.
One would think if oil is gone that checking the place it's meant to come out would only be common sense. Who knows. Maybe I'm off my rocker. No matter. I stand by my first post. Bring it to a shop. Manifolds or sparkplug, get fixed. Anything else probably isn't worth it.
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Old Sep 20, 2014 | 01:20 AM
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Wow. Just, wow.
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Old Sep 20, 2014 | 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Red-Ford

I think they would be seeing if the oil drain plug is in correctly and I am not loosing oil as no oil = tick.
No oil = knock
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Old Sep 21, 2014 | 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Krack499
No oil = knock
No oil = no noise after the knock then it won't start
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