Noisy Lifters??
08-24-2009, 05:51 PM
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Noisy Lifters??
Hey i was just wondering have any of you also have this problem; When im taking off is when i hear it the most but when i accelerate it almost sounds like ticking kinda like the lifters are clacking a bit... how could i quiet them up a bit???
08-25-2009, 10:53 AM
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Its been a while since my 3rd gen has been on the road but the last winter than it was driving, it usually made a bit of clacking for like 3-5 seconds after starting the car in the cold and it'd go away right away. Is that the lifters as well? I normally ran 10w30 Castrol GTX with Puralator PureOne filter if it helps
08-31-2009, 05:59 PM
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be careful using a thiicker oil. You don't want to over do it. I've heard some people accidently putting "thicker" oil (not sure if it was Xw40 or Xw50) into their engine and it ran sluggish. They went back to 10w30 and the sluggish engine performance went away.
I would guess you've got dirty hydro lifters - consider a motor oil additive that claims to clean out lifters and such?
If that's not it - i may be a failed lifter.
Or like some have noted - possibly you're hearing broken exhaust studs clacking together until they get hotter (thus expanding) the clacking goes away.
*edit*
btw, "clacking" can also be "ticking" noises too... it just depends
I would guess you've got dirty hydro lifters - consider a motor oil additive that claims to clean out lifters and such?
If that's not it - i may be a failed lifter.
Or like some have noted - possibly you're hearing broken exhaust studs clacking together until they get hotter (thus expanding) the clacking goes away.
*edit*
btw, "clacking" can also be "ticking" noises too... it just depends
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09-01-2009, 06:54 PM
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ok well ive since changed my oil... i put in Royal Purple 5w30. but i still have clacking noise as i take off in low rpms.... honestly it could be my exhaust tho.. i have a previously used wsp y-pipe + catback so i dont know if its really sealed correctly where the y-pipe meets the manifold....
09-02-2009, 05:57 AM
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ok well ive since changed my oil... i put in Royal Purple 5w30. but i still have clacking noise as i take off in low rpms.... honestly it could be my exhaust tho.. i have a previously used wsp y-pipe + catback so i dont know if its really sealed correctly where the y-pipe meets the manifold....
09-02-2009, 09:49 AM
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yea i mean its not actully ticking or knocking like engine noise ..when i rev the motor up out of gear its clean not ticking or knocking...
but you know when you go to take off out of first gear and somtimes it will want to bogg so you accellerate more and it just sounds like something is flapping or fluttering you said above...i also used "used" crush rings so thats probibly my problem... do they sell those copper rings at pepboys per say?
but you know when you go to take off out of first gear and somtimes it will want to bogg so you accellerate more and it just sounds like something is flapping or fluttering you said above...i also used "used" crush rings so thats probibly my problem... do they sell those copper rings at pepboys per say?
09-02-2009, 02:18 PM
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09-02-2009, 02:31 PM
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Nice man thanks alot that looks like what i need...looks like ill be taking my exhaust off this weekend i have to reweld the connections i made when i first put it on; i think each of my joints is leaking.. sounds like pure crap imo but anywaymaybe after doing both of these things it will sound like a champ again...
09-02-2009, 05:23 PM
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yea well the full system y-pipe +catback was used before and when shipped it had to be cut 2 times so that it wouldnt cost as much when shipped... so i have 2 joints between the y-pipe and the muffler that i had to weld up and im sure my stick welder left a couple gaps XD
09-02-2009, 05:45 PM
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yea well the full system y-pipe +catback was used before and when shipped it had to be cut 2 times so that it wouldnt cost as much when shipped... so i have 2 joints between the y-pipe and the muffler that i had to weld up and im sure my stick welder left a couple gaps XD
09-03-2009, 05:45 AM
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WSP Ypipe is $200 shipped and a common Pacesetter catback is ~$300 shipped... and it's all NEW and NOT cut....
09-03-2009, 04:53 PM
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well in accuality when i bought the full exhaust i also bought an underdrive pulley and a ground wire kit... i paid 500 for the y-pipe plus cat and full piping back to the muffler... i didnt think 500 was bad at the time..
09-05-2009, 03:24 PM
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Update: i just got done taking my full exhaust off.. I grinded down and re welded the spots where i joined the pipe together...I went to Pepboys, Autozone, and Advance Auto and NONE of them had the crush rings i needed for the y pipe.. so i finally went to napa and they had 2 brand new crush rings and some Liquid copper gasket material that i only put right around the rings and around the bolt holes... I finally got it back under the car, buttoned everythign up and went for a drive... The Noise sounds ALOT better now.. i can barely hear it anymore... all in all i think it was well worth it.. and plus i dont hear anymore leaking under the car WOOT!
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