Very New to this and I need Help
I just bought a 1992 Miata. I just got it running and it is making this constant tick tick tick noise. I think its the cams or the lifters. Does anyone have any advice or has had this happen to them? I used some Sea Foam that I read about on a thread that had something to do with a similar noise. It helped a bit, but the ticking is still there. I have a long weekend coming up and I was planning on cleaning the lifters. I have never done this and it makes me kind of nervous. Any advice you could give would be helpful. Thank you
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There are several different procedures for cleaning lifters, but before doing any of those I would experiment with different weight oils.
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Originally Posted by olderguy
(Post 16718)
There are several different procedures for cleaning lifters, but before doing any of those I would experiment with different weight oils.
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pulling them apart and decompressing lifters, and manually cleaning them, is the best way
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I'm not sure what wt oil is in there now. I got the car abandoned vehicle lot. Does anyone have a suggestion of what wt I should run
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And could it be my my valve trimming is off?
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Valve timing will not make it tick. Try some 5w40.
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Originally Posted by Fisto Roboto
(Post 16722)
I'm not sure what wt oil is in there now. I got the car abandoned vehicle lot. Does anyone have a suggestion of what wt I should run
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5w-30 like whats intended...but changing oil weights wont fix compressed lifters.
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Originally Posted by MF-Brain
(Post 16727)
...but changing oil weights wont fix compressed lifters.
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