well its been awhile since my bro inlaws cars has been broken down. at first i thouht that it was the head that was making the ticking noises but during the process of taking the head off i decided to check the oil,well it was'nt reading anything (like really low)so i drained the oil while the oil was draining i let some of the oil drip in my hand when i looked at the oil it was pretty black and had gliter like shaving's mix into the oil. what can be the problem?

just a reminder i heard the ticking noises after it bounced off of the rev limter but i only heard the ticking like nosies at higher rpms then i drove bout 25 miles w/ it ticking before it died also the nosies started to get louder and then start ticking at lower rpm's before it died.

 

oh yeah it did'nt throw any check engine lights or low oil lights

 

oh-oh sounds like the bearings, take the pan off and see what you can find...

 

i heard the ticking noise would be a sign that you need a valve adjustment....i could be wrong

 

shavings means more than likely u need new bearings... take ur oil pan off and check it out

 

thank for the help!!!
i was told by my manger that its the bearings but i like to get more opinions just to be sure. thanks alot guys

 

yup take off the oil pan and yu'll be able to check the crank and the bearings... also you said you opened the head, did you check the camshaft for wear? That sound seems like bent valves but I couldnt tell unless I heard the engine, cause one guys tapping is another guys knocking

 

try to wiggle the valves by the nuts that you see between the cams... do they wiggle? if they do, uh oh... that was one of my problems and i'm buying a new head next week. bearing sound like the problem though.

 

you heard the ticking noise after bouncing of the rev? you might have a bent valve? its a posibility. to a compresion test.

 

is the engine siezed and won't turn over... or did it just stall out?