I changed my oil today. Started the car, and when it first started and the rpm's go up, then come back down, I heard a "clacking" noise. So I rev it a little and the "clacking" gets more prevalent. I have read recently that the timing chain tensioner, makes a similar noise when it goes bad?

I also have a bad SC coupler, but that is a different noise, and really doesn't change with rev's as far as I've noticed.

Thoughts? And possibly the link to the "upgraded" tensioner.

 

if it only does it when you start it and then goes away once the car warms up its the exhaust manifold gasket my ish did the same thing but idk i have mine tuned to 7500 cutout everyone says its the tensioner but i dont think thats true at all!

 

what type of oil filter did you use?

 

Nope, it does it if it first started up, or 2 hours later.

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