[s-cars] unsticking lifters

[Tom Green]

Calvin,

I assume by that logic you would never use an engine cleaner because  
it might
clean out some of the accumulated sludge from 200K miles and 17+ years?
When you already think that that is the cause of the sticking lifter,  
and is likely
reducing the size of all the other critical oil passages and may stop  
flow to the
turbo at any time, I don't think your concern is valid.

Marvel Mystery oil would be my choice, followed by some Lubro Moly  
engine
flush for an oil change or two, and synthetic oil.  There are other  
engine cleaners,
BG and Seafoam, that are favorites of others for the oil system and  
the fuel system.

Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant
Knoxville, TN

> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:04:47 -0600
> From: "Calvin Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [s-cars] "Unsticking" Lifters
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> OK, so my nephew ran the UrS4 down too low on oil and of course the  
> lifters
> were ticking.  I re-filled to the proper level and it quieted some,  
> but not
> like I would have expected.  It sounds like there is one that is not
> "getting with the program" so to speak.  I have heard of putting in  
> some ATF
> fluid to make the lifter release.  Has anybody ever tried this?  if  
> so, how
> much should I put in?  Would changing to a synthetic help it  
> release?  I
> have been a little paranoid about changing to synthetic on a car  
> with over
> 200k miles of dinosaur oil under its belt.  Thanks!
>
> --Calvin