Re: ur-quattro hydraulic question

[George Harrison <georgeh@iol.ie>]

Meron wrote:
> 
> Not quite... when lifters ticks it's not intermittent, it's there, or it
> isn't.... when the car warms up some time the noise goes away.... or when
> you change the oil..
> Lifters work on oil delivery and hydraulic pressure, it's not
> intermittent.....if the lifter leaks down it might be noisy but when it
> fills up (when oil pres. is up and warm) it  (might) quiets down.

Avi,
For my two pence worth......I've just replaced the lifters on my 80
Sport.
The rattle was most definitly intermittent.  With engine at normal
operating temp. the rattle would come in for maybe 5-10 seconds then
disappear completly for a minute or two then start again. This is when
driving along at any speed. At idle in traffic it was the same.....used
to confuse the hell out of other drivers along side me, frantically
looking around at other cars to see where the rattle was coming from,
but before they would cop it, the noise stopped!

George Harrison
County Kildare,
Ireland.

'85 ur-q
'86 80 Sport