[V8] abusive relationship

[d saad]

I thought it had to be the pump too - so what goes wrong with them, and do
I have to deal with it right away or is it just noisy?

>
Can't help with the Vespa or the Ranger, but the v8  description sounds
> like
> a symptom of a bad oil pump to me.  I *hope*  it
turns out to be the
> altenator, but those don't make lifters
noisy...
> 
> Scott Justusson
> 
> 
> In a message dated 7/19/2007 9:11:18 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> dsaad at icehouse.net writes:
> ...
> 
> As
many of you know, I just put $3K  into
> making my motor good as
new. It runs great but has that lower right  front
> of the motor
rattle that comes from looking at the t-belt. It also  has
>
intermittent rattly clanks from the lifters - which I opted not  to
> replace. Both noises come and go and I don't consider them to be a 
big
> deal at all. My reward for all of this?
> ...
> Add to that, I just rebuilt my Vespa motor and...
>
;;;reliable but somewhat ugly 83 Ranger ...
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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