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Old 10-02-2021, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Diesel911 View Post
If it was me I would start listening with a Mechanics Stethoscope or a piece of broom stick (which I prefer) on various parts of the engine especially around the Vacuum Pump to locate where the tapping ins coming from.
Agree.

I don’t really know enough about the differences between valve noise, injector noise, nailing, and vacuum pump noise. And, I suspect that a belt could do it too… if there was a spot on a pulley.

Broomstick is better than a stethoscope?

Where on the VP is the best spot to listen, if it is coming from there, it means what, that a bearing is loose in the race?
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