Recent content by Jonny O

he's right, over time the valve guides and valve springs wear out and, as he said you can adjust them and it will usually quiet them possibly silence them

If you have blown head gasket or another source of oil mixing with the water the coolant will have a chocolate milky color in it and the car should more than likely be heating and have white smoke coming out of the exhaust. What it sounds like to me is the car needs a good cooling system flush...