Re: bad lifters?

["S. Coleman" <deadbolt@mindspring.com>]

Well,... justa  thought here.   I had some pretty nasty tapping in my last
head and swore up and down that the lifters were bad.   (I had been running
syn. oil at that time.)    The new head got 20w-50 dino oil and new lifters
and lots of head work.   The noise is gone now.   I can't say it was the oil
or the lifters,.... but if I owned your car,... I'd drain the oil ,.. put in
some 20w-50 dino oil and see if the noise goes away.  If not,... try the
$125 for new lifters.  (plus time to drop them in)  I wouldn't think your
head work would cause the tapping.   The HD valve springs should prevent
"good" lifters from floating.   If you had stock 55lbs valve springs I would
question it,... but I think your good to go with what you've had done.
Maybe drop by the shop that did the head work and ask about the lifters?
HTH,
Chris
'88 16v Rocco
'78 8v Rocco
'89 8v Jetta
'92 VR6 SLC
'00 GTI VR6
----- Original Message -----
From: Potato! <theforce@invasion.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:27 AM
Subject: bad lifters?


>
> my lifters are real noisy and i'm trying to see if the noise is
> normal given the modifications to the motor...
>
> the motor is a 2.0l 16v, ported head, shrick 256' cams, heavy duty
> valve springs balanced bottom end....
>
> ever since i got the motor running (about 15k on it at the moment)
> the lifters made noise....the noise doesnt go away once the car is
> warmed up....i'm runnign 20w/50 amsoil in it now, and ran 10w/30 in
> it during break in (per the reccomendation of the shop that i had
> build the motor)  i ran 10w/40 during the winter and switched to
> 20w/50 when it got warmer (all dino oil)...put in the synthetic at
> about 10k
>
> the timing is only a few degrees advanced past stock setting
> the valve guides have been trimmed down to creat less flow
> restriction in the head
>
> i sent the shop a new set of lifters to be installed in the head when
> they were finished.....didn't physically see them installed in the
> head, so i'm trying to see if i got screwed and they put the old
> lifters in (i did have quite a few problems with the shop that did
> the motor building, so i wouldn't put it past them that they either
> intentionally or unintentionally used the old lifters)
>
> would the shortened valve guides create more noise?.........i had
> planned on getting oversized valves put in the head, and was told by
> someone who had one of those heads that the lifters tapped loud when
> the motor got a little low on oil........i got stock sized valves, so
> i wasn't planning on the getting extra noise
>
> i want to get some informed opinions before i plunk down the $ and
> rip out the cams to replace the lifters....
>
> the engine makes great power, so i'm not complaining too much, but i
> would like it to be quiet if the lifters are indeed bad
>
>
> *scratching his head*
>
> any input would be appreciated
> thanks
> Dave
>
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