Re: Ticking Noise in 1953 327 eight

Posted by Mike Grimes On 2010/11/18 12:17:44

Like cortcomp, I'd suggest investigate for the exhaust leak. I had a ticking noise in my 327 L8 that changed frequency and pitch with engine rpm and the solution was a new O ring gasket between the exhaust manifold and the exhaust pipe. I could never understand how that Packard "expert" tied a ticking noise in the engine to exhaust leak. I thought it was a valve lifter. Still don't get it, but the 51 Patrician 400 purrs like a kitten.