Re: Noisy Lifters--Solved!

[kdbinney@juno.com (Kyle D Binney)]

This may work sometime, not on my car though.  I flushed my motor out and
while quieting it down alittle bit it didnt last long.  I always use
20w50, except the winter months when I use 10w40.  I'll get new lifters
when I'm not broke.

Kyle

On Wed, 04 Jun 1997 17:01:09 +0000 Stephy G <gillS1@zianet.com> writes:
>Hi All,
>
>Took my car in to have the power steering pressure hose replaced.  As 
>I
>pulled into the service bay, I heard a faint ticking...yep, you 
>guessed
>it, those noisy lifters akin to Chinese water torture.  I hadn't been
>driving the car long so the noise hadn't completely gone away as is 
>the
>norm.  I asked the mechanic to check the lifters and replace some/all 
>as
>he saw fit.  I didn't expect to see my car again for about a week.  
>Two
>hours later, he calls me at work and tells me to come pick up my car. 
>Fine.  I asked him if I'd have to wait for the lifters to come in on
>order at which he replied, "there's nothing wrong with your lifters."
>Eh?  Then what's with the noise?  "Well, seems you got some sludge
>caught in there and after looking around, I just flushed your engine 
>and
>added some oil I think you'll like."  Oil he thinks I'll like?  Hmmm.  
>
>
>Got down to the shop and he gave me a complimentary gift of slude in a
>cup. How nice.  I asked about the "oil I'd like" and he showed me
>something called Luke's Oil.  Anyone heard of it?  Anyway, it's 100%
>petroleum (not synthetic?) and was a heavy grade, 20W50.  Okay.  "Why
>did my car make that noise" I ask.  "Well, as your car gets older, you
>may need to go to heavier weight oil.  Think of it as Geritol for your
>car.  And, once in awhile....I'm not telling you to break the
>law....take the car out on a back road and just open it up."  Eh?  
>
>"Sure, you see, you don't drive very aggressively (he assumes and is
>correct to a point).  The buildup obviously got to be too much for the
>engine and the noise was its way of telling you there was carbon 
>sludge
>buildup." Go figure.  "These lifters should last a lot longer than
>100,000 miles and such was the case.  Just needed to be cleaned was
>all."  Okay.  
>
>The acid test.  Jumped in the car, started it up.  No noise!  Drove it
>back to work and let it sit for about 5 hours.  Start up.  No noise! 
>Nada!  Zilch!  Zero!  It was almost TOO quiet.  
>
>Today was a good day :)
>
>
>
>Steph
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