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H6 valve noise when engine is warm.

21K views 29 replies 8 participants last post by  CNY_Dave  
I think valve noise and chain noise would be quite different.

Take a long screwdriver, touch the pointy end to the heads/valve covers/timing chain cover and place your thumb over the other end and jamb your thumb in your ear.

Chains tend to make a scrapy/rattly/slapping/chka-chka=chka sound, valves make a nice clean ticking/clicking noise.

If it is the chain it could be just the guides need replacing.

Dave