Jim, what kind of oil are you running. I had the same problem with thicker viscosity oil. I changed to 20W50 and the lifter noise is currently gone. Joel 89 Syncro Westy Rochester NY Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: The hydraulic lifters on my 90 Carat 2.1 have started making very loud noises if the van sits for a few days. I noticed when I drove it VERY heavily loaded with stuff to New York (from Alabama) a few weeks ago. I pulled into a rest stop and heard the clacking, so I slowed it down the rest of the trip. It was quite hot those two days. When I backed off on the highway speed, everything sounded good again. I parked the van for a week in NYC. When the parking lot guy brought it around, I heard the clacking again, which disappeared once the car warmed up. That was a few weeks back. I'm usually in it every day for something, but I haven't been outside the home office for a couple of days. Tonight, I went to the store and the clacking was back. Didn't drive it far enough to make it quit altogether, but it did subside a bit. What to do? Thanks, Jim --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software |
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