ATF to quiet lifters?

[Brian O'Neill]

how bout the old can o' coke trick ?? my boss swears
by it. ive never done it personally. actually his
wifes car would always start ticking right at the 3k
mark for oil change. changed oil and filter and car
was quiet for another 3k. i heard only the old coke
works, none of that caffine free crap !!
                                      brian o'
93 90 cs
90 80
89 80 ( wrecked+needs front end parts )
88 944 turbo s ( for sale )


--- Peter Kirby <peterk at nrs.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> A friend recommended that I use automatic
> transmission fluid (ATF) as a
> penetrating oil to get a tie-rod end off.  It seemed
> to work great.  While
> somewhat dubious of his suggestion, I did a search
> on the net re ATF and
> found people recommending it to silence hydraulic
> lifters:  drain a litre of
> engine oil and replace it with a litre of ATF.
> 
> Anyone try it on the Audi engine?
> 
> Peter
> 


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