valve problems

[bmarley5780]

I am thinking about gettting a 240 '93, but there is a engine ticking, knocking. In the head. It sould like a bad valve. How much would it cost me to fix? If I fix it how much would the materials be?

Thanks

[thelinja]

Where is the tapping coming from? The front of the head? If so, it's probably just the front timing chain guide. This is a fixable problem on a lot of 240's. Just take off the valve cover, remove the guide, get a new valve cover gasket, and bolt the cover back on, make sure you have a torque wrench so you don't over torque the bolts. Go ahead and do a search too, there are several topics like this.

[sykikchimp]

if you have a long screw driver, you can put your ear on the handle, and the tip on the engine, and use it as a stethescope to determine Where the noise is comming from.

Like Linja said.. front cover = timing chain, anywhere around valve train = lifter tick.