"SUZY" wrote in message
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Tupacka tapuka tapuka is a sign of valve failure, by pass venting in
the valve cover. Better get that checked out.

The sound of a good old Ford Bowman......bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
bum bum bum bum bum bum warming up sounds like a tribe of injuns
getting ready for a war party.

My favorite is the low low low low low low low low low low low low low
of an MTU and the turbo whizzle as she builds boost..

My favourite is my engine.... and when I have to yell at the crew to shut
the hell up so I can actually hear the darned thing chugging quietly away.
Sometimes the only way to tell it's running is the gentle gurgle of water
from the exhaust.

CM-