How to Confirm Engine Valve Noise?

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LeConnor
07/30/25 4:18am
Methods to confirm engine valve noise: 1. When the engine is idling, if there is a solid and crisp sound on the camshaft side that is more pronounced than the valve tappet noise and does not disappear during the "ignition cut-off" test, you can increase the engine speed to medium speed for testing. If the noise weakens or disappears, it may be a tappet noise; 2. You can remove the valve cover, make a wire hook, and test each tappet by hooking the adjusting bolt on the tappet. When hooking a certain tappet, if the noise weakens or disappears, it can be determined that the noise is coming from that tappet. Tappet noise is a light and crisp sound, which is a rhythmic intermittent noise, and the noise source is on the camshaft side; For side-valve engines, removing the valve cover makes the noise more obvious.
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