"Sitting" is likely the source of it. Change the oil, add a little SeaFoam miracle elixir to the oil, then run it regularly. Give it a chance to work up and into everything, clean out the age-degraded oil, pray it doesn't start leaking from every seal... bet the knocking will go away.
-Kurt On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Joe S. <[email protected]> wrote: > The valve cover is off because the previous owner was trying to find > the knocking sound he was hearing. I turned the engine over a couple > times when I got it home but I couldn't hear a knock anywhere for the > life of me. I'm thinking I'm going to get it back together and sealed/ > oiled up to see how the knock sounds (if there is one) while its > running. With just over 3,000 miles, I have a hard time believing > anything inside the engine is critically wrong - though it has been > sitting since 1991... > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
