Lifter Noises

[Guest]

Jamie, I would check if your oil is filled to the top, if not do so and see how that goes. If that doesn't work then I think your lifters/tappets are fubar'd

 

[dimi_108]

im almost at whits end with this car and am nearly ready to get it back to where it needs to be and sell it off...

Jamie, you need a bottle of Pro-Ma and a bowl of Migoreng
Smile bro.
Buy the Pro-ma, whack in half the bottle, start the car up and in three minutes, you'll be in love again

 

[jaygore]

hi stephen, iv checked my oil levels and they are fine...

and i would love to put some pro-ma in it but i dont want to mask a problem if there is one there... incase it dies on me on day and im stuffed...

 

[dimi_108]

and i would love to put some pro-ma in it but i dont want to mask a problem if there is one there... incase it dies on me on day and im stuffed...

Well in the meantime, use the Pro-Ma for now while you organise to get the lifters sorted? (I'm sure you thought of that already, but i'm just reminding you that there is hope our there for your loud-lifter case )

By the way, there's small chance of your car dying on you because of your lifters.

 

[jaygore]

yea i realise that there is hope it does stop maybe after 15 mins or more of driving but tat the moment its making me so angry... when i did my oil change it would do it for 5 mins then stop and now its just gotten extremely bad and it seems to be gtting worse as the days go on

 

[jaygore]

ok so i found the other more detailed lifter thread and had a read through about bleeding the lifters, im going to try this when i finish work and see how this resolves it, as i let it run for a fari bit this morning 5 mins before work, then drove to work which was 10 mins, sat for another 5 mins and still had a reasonbly loud tapping noise... is the bleeding stilll something everyone would recommend for me to do

 

[trounced]

it cant hurt and i think it made mine better

 

[jaygore]

i will try it, if it doesn do anything im just going to replace all the lifters, and waiste more money, there goes the new guitar and amp idea

 

[dimi_108]

i will try it, if it doesn do anything im just going to replace all the lifters, and waiste more money, there goes the new guitar and amp idea

Yeah, give it a try and let us know how it goes.
I'm sure you'll have a smile on your face after you try the Pro-Ma

 

[king_panther]

replace all the lifters, and waiste more money, there goes the new guitar and amp idea

Sorry, but spending money to replace your lifters is not wasting it at all. Spending money on ProMa to take away your noise & masking the problem IS wasting money.
If they are that bad, then it's trying to tell you something mate.... Mine sounded like a diesel engine until I replaced them.

 

[jaygore]

how much am i looking at paying to replace them?

 

[trounced]

LOL brad your car does run like a diesel, i dont think even deisels blow that much smoke do they :-P

lol

 

[dimi_108]

Sorry, but spending money to replace your lifters is not wasting it at all. Spending money on ProMa to take away your noise & masking the problem IS wasting money.
If they are that bad, then it's trying to tell you something mate.... Mine sounded like a diesel engine until I replaced them.

Hey Brad, aren't yours noisy again, but?

 

[SiliconAngel]

how much am i looking at paying to replace them?

I've found aftermarket ones for under $14 each at trade price, but if you want the EASY option I believe Meek have them for not unreasonable money. Remember you need 24 for our DOHC V6s.

Oh and regarding the comment about not damaging the engine with lifter failure, once a lifter fails completely you'll get a fair bit of play between the cam and valve which could lead to the lifter actually breaking into pieces due to the excessive impact or bending the valve stem, neither of which will end happily. This is really substantial failure which you'd be hard pressed not to notice as the engine becomes very noisy, far more than the mild ticking we're used to hearing. I'd say this kind of failure is still rather unlikely but I'd hate to hear of anyone having it happen because they thought it couldn't.

 

[king_panther]

how much am i looking at paying to replace them?

From memory, it was about $990 all up at MEEK.

 

[king_panther]

LOL brad your car does run like a diesel, i dont think even deisels blow that much smoke do they :-P

lol

Oh quiet Wes !! Yes I still need to get my valve stem seals done.... so yes it's still spewing smoke.

 

[king_panther]

Hey Brad, aren't yours noisy again, but?

There's a little noise for a while, but nothing like the noise I was getting that forced me to get them done...

Mind you this was over a year ago now, & about 60,000+kms ago too...

 

[kiwibstokes]

Mine have always been loud, one more oil change and engine flush and if no better i will replace them

 

[SiliconAngel]

From memory, it was about $990 all up at MEEK.

That's supplied AND fitted, though - Meek have them on their online store or you can just order them over the phone if you want to do them yourself, which is substantially cheaper.

 

[king_panther]

That's supplied AND fitted, though

Well the question asked how much to replace them, & I did specify that it was $990 'all up'. I wouldn't trust myself doing something like that ....