Created on: 2015-06-23
In episode 11 of the 1A Auto Talk & Tune, Jeremy and Dan attempt to prove that wagons are the obvious choice for utility, drag racing, winter travel, sleeping, and overall driver happiness. They then follow up their questionable opinions with fun facts about station wagons.
Andy diagnoses a top end clicking ticking noise in our Chevy Avalanche! Andy locates the clicking noise to the top driver side of the 5.3L V8 engine, and discovers an intermittent misfire in cylinder 1. After removing the valve cover, he finds a very loose rocker, the source of our noise. He determines the rocker is loose because its lifter has collapsed, meaning it's not pushing up on the rocker when activated by the camshaft. The fault is in the AFM (active fuel management) lifter.