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Originally posted by old_s13
When I rebuilt my SOHC KA head, I re-installed everything and had some serious clacking from the valvetrain (lifters), the car sounded like a Mercedes-Benz diesel sedan. I had an oil gauge, so I knew pressure was okay.. and I obviously had oil in the car. It is normal for the hydrolic lifters to make noise until they get oil again. During this process, there is air in the lifters that must be bled.. this happens automatically. I let the car idle for a while, that really didnt help too much. I am talking 10-20 minutes of idling, it was quieter but not by much. The only time the air was FULLY bled was when I took the car out for a drive. Once you put some load on the car you'll notice the noise gets less and less. I drove around for maybe 10-15 minutes, floored it a bit here and there (not to redline, just putting load on the motor) and soon enough, it was all gone.
Hope it works for you..
- Mike
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Those are exactly the same symptoms that I am suffering with. Extremely loud clankig from the lifters. I have let it idle for about 15 minutes total so far and driven it about 10 miles. I have put a good sized load on it when i was driving, but like you,no redline action, and it still is loud. Since i just used the Gunk oil flush I have no oil in my system right now, but i will be getting a new filter and oil so i can go out for another drive and hopefully this will cure the problem.
thanks a lot Mike for your help!
240stilo,
haha I guess you have seen the last like ten postes
I don't remember how i came up with my screen name, but I can bet money that it had to do with my car
