saritastar

Whoohoo and phew! Thanks guys!

I looked around and didn't seam to find what I was looking for and am hoping for guidance with my oil pump reseal. Even if someone could just link me to a thread? I've got it out and I'm wondering if this is normal: excessive shaft play--goes back and forth on housing (not wobbling). Thanks so much!

Knowing that I have to redo the timing belt to do the oil pump seals made it seem like a bigger deal than 30 min. ? I did just look at the haynes though and it does look straightforward. And I also read that coolant can degrade a timing belt and it got hosed when the upper hose blew (it didn't overheat-I caught in before it did). Gah. I'm not really big into adding performance stuff to an engine, but I have never heard such a loud lifter!

Hello! I am a recently new owner of a 1991 Loyale wagon. She's ruby red and has lots of miles (210k) but I'm pretty smitten and didn't pay much. She does have a few issues that need to be addressed. The first is the ol' intermittent lifter noise. It's unbearably loud when it's happening and driving me bonkers. It seems to happen mostly when I don't pull far enough into the driveway, which is sloped. (My vanagon has the same issue when not parked flat.) Anyhow, after much reading on this very informative site, I have decided to go the seafoam route and then do rislone after that. The only thing is that I just changed the oil about 200 miles ago. I don't really want to waste it by doing the seafoam right away, so I was going to add the rislone until I get closer to an oil change (it's got an oil leak, so I have room to ad it). Can the rislone and seafoam be mixed when I do finally use the seafoam? I don't want to mess anything up. I hope I'm not asking something that is already covered, but I looked and looked and didn't find an answer. Thanks for taking the time to read! eta: Ultimately, I will be replacing the oil pump seals, etc. but I also need to redo the axels and valve cover gaskets and I neeeed that lifter to quiet up until I get to it.