noisy valve lifters

[Marc Winston <mwinston@brookes.ac.uk>]

I had this same problem on my '89 2.2 Coupe. Unless you replace the lifters, 
and all of them, the noise will keep returning. You can silence them for 000's 
of miles with a simple engine treatment...The cheapest solution...drain oil, 
fill with diesel, run car untill noise disappears....drain diesel...replace oil 
with good quality i.e. mobil 1 new filter....job done ...for now anyway. 
 
Regards
 
Marc
 
Marc Winston (no mechanic by any means)
mwinston@brookes.ac.uk