Re: Hydraulic Lifter Tick

Posted by 53 Cavalier On 2024/1/11 11:10:08
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Fish'n Jim wrote:
Well. someone confirmed what I warned of. Parts in the pans is never good news. No telling where they been. It gets expensive going into surgery for a minor noise. If they were solids, they probably would adjust out. Hydraulics on a flat head is kinda weird. Overheads you can adjust/service them easier. Then some of these cars don't have any oil filter or partials, excess wear and gunk accumulates. That stuff in the pan will get "lifted" by modern detergent oils, and away she goes making noises. I made sure I cleaned the pan (soaked in kerosene) before I ever started the 288. There was something that turned akin to goo, not oil. Imagine if I had tried to start with that going on? Took lots of grief, but it still had a slight lifter noise, but it's got solids. Lazy to adjust and sitting again anyway.
Hope others that see this and going to buy one, notice the tell tales. Welds on the radiator support, homemade parts, noises, etc. And those that let them sit, take notice and regularly exercise and change fluids.


Agreed! Anything other than oil in the oil pan is cause for concern. And the problem, in my way of thinking, on this motor is not knowing what has been done or not done. It's possible that someone, probably a novice, was working on the valves and didn't cover the drain holes and dropped a couple of keepers. It's possible that they got some more, or it's possible that some valves are missing keepers?? Too many unknowns......

I would be tempted to pull the head, check valves/guides and if compression is off, and cylinder walls are okay, might as well pull the pan and replace rings as well. If doing the work yourself the cost won't be too much, if someone else is doing the work, then it will be pretty costly. And there is always the possibility of finding something more once you get inside your engine! But if you're going to drive your car, you want it reliable.

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