November 11, 200322 yr In my 86 GL every now and then (about once a week) my motor starts ticking.. it sounds like lifters making noise but I'm not sure... It ticks until the motor gets hot.. Bout 3 hours of racing round in the snow and then the ticking slowly goes away.. I change my oil ever 2k miles. Any IdeaS?
November 11, 200322 yr mine does the same thing on my 86 spfi 2wd sdan , try mmo about 1/2 qt the next time you change your oil , 2.50 qt , just my 2 cents also run a good filter , :wave:
November 12, 200322 yr Author Prolly a newb question.. but whats mmo? I'm runnign the Fram Extended Filter (good for 7000 miles) but I still change oil and filter every 2000 miles... Someone told me somewhere it might be the hydraulic valve lashers arent pumping up all the way... could this be the problem?
November 12, 200322 yr i think what he's referring to as MMO is Mystery Motor Oil. supposedly baddass stuff. couldn't hurt. in fact, i'm certain that it will help a bit at least. if it's not serious, sometimes it just goes away after additives.
November 12, 200322 yr Author Ahhhhh.. that crappy stuff.. I've ran ever additive know to man.. and lucas worked the best
November 12, 200322 yr or alot of people are putting in a/t fluid about 2 qts , drain your oil pan then add 3.5 qt tranny fluid run for 30 min drain and change filter , might help
November 12, 200322 yr Author a/t? you mean the red stuff right? I've heard of peeps doin that to clean out their motors.. does it really work?
November 12, 200322 yr Ive had good experiences with the ATF flush. Ialways run a quart and drive for 30-40 minutes then change my oil. Helps keep everything clean in the engine. been doin that for a few years never had anything bad happen.
November 12, 200322 yr Author K so drain a lil oil out, then put in a quart of ATF? or Drain the oil completely fill with 3.5 quarts and drive for 30 min? which one should I do..
November 12, 200322 yr Ive done it with draining a little bit of oil out and adding about a quart of ATF and running it for a little while and it can work wonders....ah the many uses for ATF.....
November 12, 200322 yr Dude, one thing, ditch the Fram garbage filter and go with a Purolator Pure One (same as OEM Subaru) or a genuine Subaru filter. The lifter noise is caused by several things some of them are: O rings in the heads going out Pressure releif valve springs getting weak Going oil pump bad oil pump seals gunk built up in the lifters
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