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balen1
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Engine noise

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Hey guys, my bike has made a slight ticking noise from the front left of the bike for some time now but has slowly gotten worse. Any ideas?
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Re: Engine noise

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Valve clearances, how old is the engine oil?
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Or exhaust blowing at downpipe gasket maybe.
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Hey sorry the late reply. Engine oil isnt even 4000 km old however going to change this week. I had the valve clearances done supposedly about 4000 km ago so seems odd. Dave the trucker not 100 % sure what you mean. Are you saying that maybe the exaust may not be connected to the manifold correctly?
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balen1 wrote:Hey sorry the late reply. Engine oil isnt even 4000 km old however going to change this week. I had the valve clearances done supposedly about 4000 km ago so seems odd. Dave the trucker not 100 % sure what you mean. Are you saying that maybe the exaust may not be connected to the manifold correctly?
indeed.

check the torque on the studs that secure the downpipes to the heads.. if one is slightly loose you can get a bit of play in the collar.. as it heats up it expands enough to stop the ticking.. spent plenty of time tracing phantom noise for it to turn out to be something daft liek this.
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Neosophist it's possible but the thing is that she still makes the noise when she's warm. The noise doesn't go away.
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balen1 wrote:Neosophist it's possible but the thing is that she still makes the noise when she's warm. The noise doesn't go away.
It will if it's leaking.
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balen1 wrote:Neosophist it's possible but the thing is that she still makes the noise when she's warm. The noise doesn't go away.
You are still talking about your bike here, aren't you? :grin:
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Re: Engine noise

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Lol. Oops went a bit off topic there, my missus isn't that bad. :grin: only joking.

Ok ill have a look. Thers nothing else it could be?
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Ok so I uploaded a video to you tubfor some reason I cant paste the link. If you type in rvf 400 ticking noise into google it should come up. See what you think. The noise seems to get worse the warmer she gets
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