74 dart sport
Kameron
Recently, my father and I got our 318 running and the car driving. We got it back from the exhaust shop yesterday. We then took it out to test out the kick down cable and how it was shifting. But then, the engine started making two funny noises. One is a clicking sound ( likely a stuck lifter , since the sound speeds up as the rpm increases). The second noise is what worries us. The second noise is a very low pitched banging/ clicking noise. When the car starts up, it sounds like this: ( let . Represent 1 of these noises) .. . ... .. ... . ... . And so on. When we turn the ignition off, it goes like ... And then the noise stops. Here are some other things we noticed:
The engine seems to get hotter than it should
When driving , the transmission seems to grab the gears very lazily. There is a shift kit in the tranny, but it sure doesn't feel like it (tranny fluid is full). It seems to be slipping gears almost, although it did get better with adjusting the kickdown ( we might just need to find the sweet spot for the kick down
The deep pitched noise is accompanied with a vibration
The exhaust sounds funky to my dad, while I think it is just the cam noise
When cruising at ~20 mph, the response is lazy when tapping ( depressing 80% for a second or two) the accelerator.
The 4 barrel on the car now is pretty old , probably going to be replaced since it seems to be working poorly.
We are hoping the noise isn't a bent rod ... Any thoughts on any of these problems ? Thanks , Kameron
The engine seems to get hotter than it should
When driving , the transmission seems to grab the gears very lazily. There is a shift kit in the tranny, but it sure doesn't feel like it (tranny fluid is full). It seems to be slipping gears almost, although it did get better with adjusting the kickdown ( we might just need to find the sweet spot for the kick down
The deep pitched noise is accompanied with a vibration
The exhaust sounds funky to my dad, while I think it is just the cam noise
When cruising at ~20 mph, the response is lazy when tapping ( depressing 80% for a second or two) the accelerator.
The 4 barrel on the car now is pretty old , probably going to be replaced since it seems to be working poorly.
We are hoping the noise isn't a bent rod ... Any thoughts on any of these problems ? Thanks , Kameron