[s-cars] Re: Still engine trouble S6...HELP!

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Jan,

    Sounds like you could be having trouble with your hydraulic valve
lifters. For your valves to open properly these have to pump up with oil from
the engine. If they are dirty or sticking or just plain worn out they will
not open the valves all the way and they will definitely make a lot of noise
by leaving a large amount of slack in your valvetrain.  I've heard of someone
curing this with a long high-speed run. I've also heard of this being cured
with an oil additive. If you put something in your oil to try and free the
lifters don't do much driving as the cleaner type additives will thin the oil
out a lot. I would probablly try a can of Marvels Mystery oil shortly before
I was going to do an oil change. My lifters only make this noise when the
crankcase is not topped off and I do a lot of hard cornering. You may also
want to check your oil level. Might be worth a try before you cough up big
money to have the lifters replaced.

Chad Tobin


 Hello... my car is still not working the way it should... where are the
Guru's in here=) really need your $1000, not only your $0.02 =)

 This is what hapens:

 When the car has been parked for a few hours and i try to start it has valve
ticking like crazy, just the second you turn the key you can hear it even
with the doors closed, the car wont start and the ticking sound continues for
a while.. it also sounds like there are no compression in a few syllinders
during startup when its cold... so after a few minutes the car starts on
maybe 2 cyllinders, then one more comes along and then one more and one more
with a few second's in between... the car ticks the first 15 sec's or so when
it finally starts, but then suddenly it ruuns smooth....  sometimes it stops
firering on cyll nr 1 but comes back..  so when the car is at working
temperatur there is no valve ticking and as i said it runs great, it produces
the exact amount of boost as it has always done.

 So what can be wrong?

 there is no increase in fuel consumption, nor is there any kind of smoke. no
oil leaks, there is now new oil in and there is enough oil..

 i checked the timing belt also, that is tight and looks like new..

 so i really hope some of you have an idea.. so far i am using the car to
work.. but i'm looking for a second car asap..

 regards

 jan Nielsen
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