ATF to quiet lifters?

[Robert Myers]

You wanna be the guinea pig?

At 08:40 PM 4/22/01 -0400, Peter Kirby 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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