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Originally Posted by bcredliner
Am I correct assuming you used the lockdown kit needed to keep the engine in time when you removed the Vanos? Is the knock/tick noise still present?
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Bcred, Yes I do have the correct tools to do the timing. Thank God, since I have had to use them numerous times….Yes the noise is still present. I have even swapped out the VANOS unit for a known good one on bank 2 where the noise is. I had my stethoscope under the car with it jacked up yesterday and the most noise at this point is coming from the exhaust manifold. I am going to take the LF wheel and the fender liner out and put the probe on each individual exhaust header coming out of the head. It was also suggested to me to systematically remove the wiring from one cylinder at a time and see if the noise abates. This will supposedly tell me whether it is a rod/wrist pin/piston issue or not. Anxious to try it.