Quote Originally Posted by mudbog42
Well just started hearing it this weekend, I can hear a tapping noise coming from the car , it kind of sounds like when a kid has playing card in the spokes of his bike tire.

At first I thought maybe an exhaust leak, but I can see no evidence of one at the headers so I am thinking a lifter is tapping maybe but don't know for sure so I thought I would ask some more experienced folks.

Also going to pull off the valve covers tomorrow and just was wondering if there anything obvious to look for and anything to check out.

Thanks ahead of time, all help will be greatly appreciated

Oh yeah almost forgot, it for my 51 chevy deluxe with a 350 in it
That noise that you say sounds like cards in spokes . Check for an exhaust leak first . But we just had a Chevy truck at work that sounded like this . The guy who worked on it said it needed an exhaust manifold . I said no the head gasket is blown . He was wrong now I get to change the engine . And it runs not to bad . How is your engine running ? Is it missing like a weak cylinder ? And make sure that its not a rocker arm that backed off . Then remove the headers and look to see if you blow out a gasket . If all look ok it may have a bad head gasket !