hey guys, I just picked up a 1995 Reinell RXL Cuddy with a 5.7 Mercruiser. Starts no problem idles so smooth and quiet. I put it in the water the other day for the first time and was cruising at around 20 MPH, and thought I'd pick up the speed a bit. At this point the engine sounds gorgeous, when I speed up I hear this strange noise. It's not bearing or u-joint noise, it's in the engine for sure. It's like a rattling ting noise. I had something similar with my last boat which turned out just to be a sticky lifter. What other stuff can cause noise like this? Timing chain? Needle bearing on piston??
