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The last time my car went bang was on the way to the airport in a 1980 ish toyota corona, which had an Australian made engine. It had a plastic gear instead of a belt or chain. It was a cut down version of some 6 cylinder holden engine. It was dubbed the starfire four by holden, and the misfire four by others.


There was some sort of deal between Toyota and Holden.



There was a bit of ticking from the camshaft area when I started the Mondy, but soon subsided. I did notice a bit of noise from somewhere but a quick comparison with the other car showed it was the same. Perhaps it was the timing belt on the camshaft gear. Hypersensitive I guess, I never noticed it before.