knocking noise when engine warm and at idle

If you want to try to isloate the noise you can hold something to you rear and the other end to different parts on the engine. Some people use a big screwdriver or a stick of hard wood. I use a piece of plastic hose. More sophisticated people use a stethescope like medical doctors use. My car has slightly noisy exhaust valve in the #3 cylinder but it's not enough of a problem to bother about.

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ROTFLMAO!!!!!

Damn, just beered my keyboard.....

I find I have better luck holding the hose to my 'ear'. ;-)

I would start at the exhaust manifold expecting to find a crack.

Mike

"William R. Watt" wrote:

Well, if you want to find a crack, holding it to your rear would be a sure way to do it :>)

OK, Mike, you said it first. Do you think you might need another size? (I'll let you decide if you need a smaller or larger one!) Continue having a good day--this post has already made mine! s

I had an odd rattle on an 89 Cressida that seemed to come and go sort of like this. Turned out it was a slightly loose bolt on the main pulley/harmonic balancer.