ur-quattro hydraulic question

[Phil@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <331F6CC3.45AD@tiac.net> Allan Jones writes:

> > > > Do lifter's rattle?
> > >
> > >       "rattle"??? No. "tick" Yes. If my lifter was rattling I'd be worried!
> >
> > No.  Lifters and TORSEN differentials definitely RATTLE.  Exhaust manifolds
> > tick.
>
> Hmmm..maybe I was thinking of valves that tick?

True, it's a tick-like noise - but lifter noise tends to be erratic
(there one minute, gone the next) which (IMHO) qualifies it as a
"rattle".

> I don't know.....but
> something is ticking in my I-5, and it's not my exhaust manifold because
> I had that fixed recently, ...

Non sequitur.  I had _mine_ fixed, too, and it's ticking again.


> and oil changes make that ticking noise go away.

Ah!  Probably lifters, then.

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