JDSfastGN
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I have been trying to track down a noise in my motor for a week or so now. (same tone as a lifter, but is inconsistant more like something loose and banging around) It sounds like its on the passenger side towards the back, but for some reason honestly its easier to hear it outside the engine than through the stethoscope. I pulled the passenger side valvecover and discovered one of my plastic keepers for the rocker arm was broken in half. I thought surely that was the noise. After fixing it, it still made the noise. Today i pulled the assembly off again and found a crack in the shaft and again thought that was the issue. So after a new shaft and replacing that rear rocker with another and checking to see if the pushrod was straight i fired it back up and still have the noise. This time i ran it with the valve cover off. The rear 6E pushrod is spinning very very slow compared to the others. Maybe 1 revolution every 1.5 seconds and the others are spinning very fast. The rocker appears to be moving up and down normally. Is this slow spinning a bad sign? Is this normal at all? Ive read that the 3E spins slower and backwards but never about any others having issues. Thanks.