Re: Hydraulic lifter noise

[Bill Cawley <bcawley@nwrain.com>]

Unless the oil in your car is really fresh I would suggest changing your oil and
adding the ATF in place of one quart of oil (you can use cheaper oil than normal,
clean oil is important thing).  I would also suggest running the car for more than 5
min. to get the best results, maybe 30 min.  Also I would run it a little higher than
idle to ensure that the oil pressure was up.  After this drain out the oil/atf
mixture and change the filter, add the oil of your choice and go for a drive. :-)

Bill Cawley
One time professional mechanic...now it's just a hobby.

Night Shadow wrote:

> Basically, just before you change your oil, you dump in a quart, run the
> car at idle (DONT drive it or rev it) for 5 min then dump the
> oil....basically ATF has alot of cleaners in it...so it can clean the crap
> out of your lifters...I have no idea on effect (bad) on the engine...a
> mechanic friend of mine reccomended it along time ago on my Coupe...
>
> Eric
>
> On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Jim Buck/BahnBurners! wrote:
>
> > 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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