Moose82169
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my 2003 viper srt -10 has a noisy valve train. Does anyone else have this problem? What could possibly be wrong?
my 2003 viper srt -10 has a noisy valve train. Does anyone else have this problem? What could possibly be wrong?
I hear this "chatter" sound too. I hear it as my RPM climbs, especially obvious in 1st and 2nd gear from about 1.5k to 3k RPM. I took it to a viper tech in the area, we both used his stethoscope to listen to the ports and it all sounded normal to him. It's just another instrument in the symphony now![]()
Now then, my transmission makes odd clunking sounds when I engage/disengage the clutch sometimes, whether I'm moving or not sometimes, but mostly it seems to be in response to load transfer and RPM mismatch on the shift. When I'm moving slowly through a parking lot in 1st gear and RPM starts to get low, the car starts to do that spasming "I need more juice!" motion, and sometimes shifting or giving it gas again will create a terrible sounding/feeling clunk. I think this is just me learning the nuances of this transmission, but I still wonder if there's a transmission issue. The same viper tech took the small flywheel cover off and used a screwdriver to rotate the flywheel, trying to see if there was anything obviously wrong, but didn't spot anything. It's just part of the fun.![]()