Where can I buy a seal for the crankshaft of an air conditioning compressor
for my 58 Imperial.Is there a mail order available .What is FREEZE 12 as
quoted in a post last week re 134a etc.HOPPY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:03 PM
Subject: IML: Oil Pressure & Clicking Noise
> Reading the recent posts about oil pressure problems and a clicking
> noise got me to wondering . . . how do you know when it's a valve
> clicking, and not something else?
>
> I have had small exhaust leaks on almost all my Chryslers. And to me,
> they sound like "clicking" or "ticking." Most recently, I had an
> exhaust leak on my '70 New Yorker that some folks SWORE was a bad
> valve. My uncle, who has many more years experience than I working on
> cars, told me I was flat wrong when I said it was an exhaust leak.
>
> Fortunately, I have heard enough small exhaust leaks to recognize the
> sound, and I was right on that one (wish I'd bet him some money). But
> I'm not sure if I've ever heard a bad valve. How can you tell the
> difference? Someone told me you could listen at the tailpipe, not at
> the engine, and if you could hear the ticking back there it was a
> valve. Hmm. Or was that the other way around?
>
> Anyway, just how do you know what that clicking is you're hearing??
>
> MM
>
>
>
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