[V8] abusive relationship

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They go.  But the good thing is that it's not that hard to  replace.  I'd 
deal with it right away, if it's the problem.  You can  pull the serp belt to 
eliminate the others.
 
HTH
 
SJ
In a message dated 7/19/2007 2:40:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
dsaad at icehouse.net writes:



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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