The fix is this. 1 - change your oil every 3,000 mile. 2 - never run any engine for a short distance. Always get the motor hot. Forget the addatives Eric On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Scott Semyan wrote: > Thanks to everyone who responded to my plea for help. Thinking it was > the muffler, I took it into my local shop. He says: > > 1) There were some loose bolts on the exhaust manifold that he tightened > > > and > > 2) I have a stuck lifter which is causing a tapping noise. He says to > fix it I should change the oil and add some Slick 50, then let the motor > run for a while revving it occasionally until it gets unstuck. He says > this might take up to 45 minutes. > > Does this sound right? > > Scott Semyan > '85 Westie > Seattle, WA > |
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