[s-cars] Lifter noise

Joseph Pizzimenti pizzoman at yahoo.com
Thu May 22 15:37:13 EDT 2003


Check oil level, you may be a quart low.
Also, try Amsoil 20-50, burns off a quart every 3k,
but it quiets the lifters down.

Joe
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> My 95 S6 with 113k on it is starting to get some
> lifter ticking at idle. My
> mechanic says its not a big concern and may want to
> try regular oil as oppposed
> to Castrol Syntech to quiet it. He said next time
> the timing belt needed to
> be done it could be 'fixed'. It sounds like a
> relatively labor intensive job.
> Anyone else experienced this? Any estimate in the
> cost to fix etc THX
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