lifters started to knock

[Konstantin Bogach]

They got quiet!  They needed 10 more minutes.

Konstantin Bogach wrote:

> Hi listers.
>
> I have already posted a message about lifters knocking  about 3 weeks
> ago but that time I just started engine for a short duration of time
> after timing belt replacement. I had to do other many things on recently
> bought Avant '89 and finally I finished today.  I drove the car about 10
> min - knocking does not go away.  Before I changed timing belt they did
> not knock.  I think 10 min is enough to pump oil into lifters, isn't
> it?  What could happen?  Does it look like common scenario for old
> lifters?  But the car sat at PO's driveway for several month but lifters
> did not knock.
> This confuses me.
> By the way, after I tensioned the belt I found that cam pulley mark is 2
> mm above head edge when fly wheel is in TDC position.  Is it any
> significant?  If had missed 1  tooth it would be 7-10 mm off the head
> edge.
>
> Is it any hope that lifters will  get quiet?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Konstantin Bogach.