2002 mercruiser 5.7 clacking sound

Maclin

Admiral
Joined
May 27, 2007
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Is this boat new to you? If not, was it always like this or did this just start? What was happening just before this started?

Sounds like a loose rocker in that video, which obviously is not your video since it was posted in 2012, and they followed up with a resolution. In my opinion the resolution posted in the description did not fit the symptoms to me, of a loose rocker. They R&R'd the heads which would have mandated resetting the valve lash anyway, not sure how they proved the water in the cylinders swapping places theory. Stranger things I guess.
 

jabfd

Petty Officer 1st Class
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Oct 2, 2012
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No its not my video but when my engine goes over 3200 rpms it makes the same clacking sound. The engine was running fine before I docked the boat. Took the boat out 2weeks later and that’s when the problem stared
 
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