Re: Hydraulic lifter noise

["Jim Buck/BahnBurners!" <vwpride@mixi.net>]

All right, tell me about this proceedure.  Has anyone else on the list done it?

jim

Night Shadow wrote:

> I did the ATF thing on a old Audi Coupe GT I had....it worked fairly
> well...quieted all but the worst of my lifters...
>
> Eric
>
> On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Brad Sheridan wrote:
>
> >
> >  I've got at least one hydraulic lifter on my 16V that is sticky. It makes
> > noise, but not always. Sometimes after the car has been run for a while,
> > like on the interstate, it goes away.
> >
> >  Has anyone tried any of the supposed cures for this? Either the engine
> > cleaner additives, or the story about running ATF instead of engine oil for
> > a few minute to clean everything out?
> >
> >  Alternatively, how difficult is it to swap these on a 16V? The Bentley
> > makes it look like I've got to tear down alot of stuff, and then completely
> > retime everything. Are there any quicker/simpler methods? What about
> > special tools?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Brad
> >
> >
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