Phantom Lifter Noise

[Jim Green]

--- JShadzi at aol.com wrote:
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> Nate, this is pretty common in my car too, like
> after a hard 30 minutes at
> Laguna Seca for example.  Coming off the track the
> lifters will tick pretty good
> at idle, I think its more oil temp related however,
> or going to a thicker
> viscocity would probably help too.  I'd be a little
> concerned with that much oil
> in the pan with the crank or some of the crank seals
> getting submerged in oil,
> just watch for leaks, etc.

Yea, nothing like racing your car, then when everyone
comes to look at it, it's making a ton of noise.  Mine
does it to.  I think it's just the lifters way of
letting you know they are pissed off from a brief low
pressure moment.  If I fill above the fill line, all
the oil just shoots out the breather, probably from
getting whipped into a frenzy by the crank.  Not a
pretty site when it's dripping out of my cone filter.



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Jim Green
'89 90tq
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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