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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:57 am 
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I have a full new set of lifters in the rocker arm assembly ina newly built engine recently. Its running on running oil which is like mineral water thickness. One of the lifters is ticking REALLY loudly. Is this due to the thickness of the oil or what?

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:25 pm 
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most probably, if they are hydrolic lifters. hydrolic lifters require a certain oil viscosity to hold pressure and give precise amount of lift other wise they compress causing a "gap", hense the tick.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:13 pm 
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it could be that the shims you are using are to thin. what mm are they?? i know when i did my cam it ticked like a f**k untill i found out i had to put 2.4mm shims on the lifters. now cant here a single tick
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:45 pm 
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using 2 of the ford factory shims in each lifter. i think are like 2.1 mm or something like that.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:11 pm 
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mmm that is fine in that department then. you could of got a little bit of dirt inside one of the lifters. go to repco and buy "lifter Cleaner" its only about $9. wack it in when you do your next oil change and see how that helps
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:14 pm 
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or you could stop stessing about the engine
and get the oil changed before you blow it up. hint hint

and change the leads and thermostat while you are at it
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:01 pm 
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oil like mineral water? change it ASAP, you should be using something like 10W40 or 15W40.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:10 pm 
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falcon_hell wrote:
oil like mineral water? change it ASAP, you should be using something like 10W40 or 15W40.

It's running in oil.
The motor is brand spanking/shining new.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:25 pm 
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oops, i didnt realise the WHOLE engine was brand spankers. But yea, the lifter noise is most likely from the running in oil.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:45 pm 
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mmm that is fine in that department then. you could of got a little bit of dirt inside one of the lifters. go to repco and buy "lifter Cleaner" its only about $9. wack it in when you do your next oil change and see how that helps
That's a nice setup there dude. it looks Conservative.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:23 pm 
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maybe i WILL change the oil and thermostat and leads this weekend on saturday. nudge nudge

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:31 am 
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why the thermostat,,it should be new and won't need replaceing,,talk bout wasteing money..

 

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naughtyfalcon wrote:
why the thermostat,,it should be new and won't need replaceing,,talk bout wasteing money..


he prlly did not change it...! :)

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:33 pm 
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running in oil you say.. straight 30??

drain it out and run it in on a 20w50 straight mineral oil

the running in oil should only be in it for 500km at the most if you reallly think you must use it. should be able to knock that up in less then a week.
then get the crap out of it ASAP
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:46 pm 
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Runnig in oil is usually closer to 0w.

 

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