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Mr 5 0 · 06-16-2002, 07:57 PM

That sound you hear are valves, crank, rods and pistons jerkily attempting to operate but failing. Valves rattle, pistons clunk...not a pretty sound, as you've noticed...and no good for the rotating mass, either. Sad.

06-16-2002, 07:57 PM	#5
Mr 5 0 Conservative Individualist Join Date: May 1997 Location: Wherever I need to be Posts: 7,487	That special sound That sound you hear are valves, crank, rods and pistons jerkily attempting to operate but failing. Valves rattle, pistons clunk...not a pretty sound, as you've noticed...and no good for the rotating mass, either. Sad.