1991 Talon TSi AWD symtoms

[Vulpyne]

I recently got a mildly modified 1991 Talon TSi AWD and let a friend drive it today, he missed 4th and went from 3rd to 2nd at around 50-55mph. It was revved up for around a second before he shifted back into 3rd. The car pulls fine and sounds normal for the most part, but if I pop the hood it has a slight ticking at idle which may or may not have been there before. I don't have the money right now for a compression test or leak down test, so I was hoping to get some opinions on whether that could have bent the rods or something because I don't know all that much about cars.

 

[matthewdesigns]

A slight tick is normal on a 4g63 motor. It's the lifters. It will sound like it's coming from under the valve cover.

If it's worse than slight, then it would be more of a knock/soft thud on the bottom end of the motor.

Chance are, if it runs OK, then nothing bad happened. Like floating a valve. You'd definitely know that.

 

[hereitcomes]

if you were full up on oil and all your fluids, I highly doubt that something has happened to the head from this one time accidental shift. Tell him to learn how to drive, but hes a good freind for telling you that he miss-shifted.

 

[Talesin]

Our cars sound like sewing machines at idle, for the most part. Even with the 3G revised lifters, there's really no way to cure that.

 

[93clips]

i noticed that on my dsm too. its very quiet but still there. my brothers last car had a bad knock (jeeps...) and it was much much louder.but if its normal then i guess nothing to worry about

 

[tqmx1]

Years ago I had a Nova with a Pontiac 455 in it, One day out at the track as the trannie shifed into second it shered the teeth off the pinion gear Needless to say the revs went to the moon. Oll dummie here left out the revlimiter chip

Long story short I put about 10K more on the engine before I tore it down. Drive it a few miles then pull the oil filter and cut it open to see if it made any metal. If clean run it if it made metal.

Good luck.