89' RS Noisey Lifters

[Guest]

Well it happened, the infamous tickidy tick tick that develops on all 89 heads,

absolutely gutted, another re-build for the wife to go nutty at me about!

Not to worry theres an easy fix for this problem...WRX HEADs, muahahaha,

Ive already sourced a pair( lucky enough too, the seller threw in the plenum, injectors, harness, etc, so not quite the hassle first thought.

Well just have to wait for them to turn up and ill keep everyone updated with photos and posts, catcha

[BC5RA]

A rebuild isn't required, could just be sticking or worse crushed.

In any case you've sorted it with the conversion.

[Guest boostin]

Drain the oil and put 2 litres of ATF in, and top up with fresh cheap engine oil. Leave the sucker running for an hour or 2 (or in the case of my Primera, drove it for 3 months) then drain it, throw a new filter on and fill it with good oil.

ATF has high detergent properties and cleans things out real good.

[BC5RA]

 boostin said:

Drain the oil and put 2 litres of ATF in, and top up with fresh cheap engine oil. Leave the sucker running for an hour or 2 (or in the case of my Primera, drove it for 3 months) then drain it, throw a new filter on and fill it with good oil.

ATF has high detergent properties and cleans things out real good.

You must have loved this car

[raymong]

what is atf?

my legy engine is sup fricken ticky its not funny

prettysure its setting off my knock sensor so its running in limp mode

[Guest boostin]

 BC5RA']

[quote name='boostin said:

Drain the oil and put 2 litres of ATF in, and top up with fresh cheap engine oil. Leave the sucker running for an hour or 2 (b]or in the case of my Primera, drove it for 3 months[/b]) then drain it, throw a new filter on and fill it with good oil.

ATF has high detergent properties and cleans things out real good.

You must have loved this car

To be honest it was one of the best cars I have owned. Drove real well, awesome on gas. I can't remember why I sold it now.

ATF = automatic transmission fluid.

[BC5RA]

 boostin said:

To be honest it was one of the best cars I have owned. Drove real well, awesome on gas. I can't remember why I sold it now.

ATF = automatic transmission fluid.

We have all had one of those.

[zarnah]

could you not just run some diesel engine oil through it for a bit? pretty sure that has bulkloads of detergent in it..

[gtb36]

 boostin']

[quote name='boostin said:

Drain the oil and put 2 litres of ATF in, and top up with fresh cheap engine oil. Leave the sucker running for an hour or 2 (b]or in the case of my Primera, drove it for 3 months[/b]) then drain it, throw a new filter on and fill it with good oil.

ATF has high detergent properties and cleans things out real good.

You must have loved this car

To be honest it was one of the best cars I have owned. Drove real well, awesome on gas. I can't remember why I sold it now.

ATF = automatic transmission fluid.

are you joke ??? :-\

[BC5RA]

No jokes, it's one of a few Techniques.

[Guest boostin]

If you've ever seen inside a SR20 or SR18 and how they feed oil to the cams you would believe me. Its dripped onto the cams from 0.5mm holes from a 5mm tube. They block up so easy its not funny, then the cams run dry, squeak and wear out. The ATF made it look like a brand new engine inside, and the noise stopped within 30 mins. I just got too lazy to drain it again and figured it was an N/A engine, so its not going to do too much harm. That engine ran so quiet after that.

Edit - found a pic of one. You can see the exhaust cam oil feed tube clearly at the bottom. And note how gunky the whole area is. Mine was spotless after the ATF went through it.

[Guest boostin]

 zarnah said:

could you not just run some diesel engine oil through it for a bit? pretty sure that has bulkloads of detergent in it..

Yeah you could do, but usually oil galleries and whatnot are blocked. ATF is real thin so penetrates the crap well and flushes it all out. The real danger is blocking up your oil filter with all the removed gunk.

[gtb36]

 boostin said:

If you've ever seen inside a SR20 or SR18 and how they feed oil to the cams you would believe me. Its dripped onto the cams from 0.5mm holes from a 5mm tube. They block up so easy its not funny, then the cams run dry, squeak and wear out. The ATF made it look like a brand new engine inside, and the noise stopped within 30 mins. I just got too lazy to drain it again and figured it was an N/A engine, so its not going to do too much harm. That engine ran so quiet after that.

Edit - found a pic of one. You can see the exhaust cam oil feed tube clearly at the bottom. And note how gunky the whole area is. Mine was spotless after the ATF went through it.

that so kool thanks for that

[gtb36]

iam going to try it in my work boom lol 1st as my work car look like the photo

[Guest boostin]

Yeah and that's normal to have all that gunk sitting there. Its old oil that's congealed and sits on any level-ish surface. Subbies aren't so bad inside, its usually just the sump and windage tray that get most of that stuff stuck to it.

Regular oil changes kiddies!!

[Guest boostin]

 gtb36 said:

iam going to try it in my work boom lol 1st as my work car look like the photo

What is it? Just leave it idling for a while. Its not recommended to drive it (even though I did and got away with it).

[gtb36]

 boostin']

[quote name='gtb36 said:

iam going to try it in my work boom lol 1st as my work car look like the photo

/quote]

What is it? Just leave it idling for a while. Its not recommended to drive it (even though I did and got away with it).

its a 90 ford telstar tx5 done 385,000km's ;D and i got it when i done 25,000kms

do the oil every 10,000km's same motor and tran's .. but trans going now

[Guest boostin]

Hmmmm, up to you but it could spell the end for the engine with that many k's on it.. That gunk will be helping to seal gaskets, rings etc.

[gtb36]

 boostin said:

Hmmmm, up to you but it could spell the end for the engine with that many k's on it.. That gunk will be helping to seal gaskets, rings etc.

oh no you tell me lol

it dont use much oil 300-500mls per 10,000km's

[RS.YES]

Hey boostin, your technique of using ATF to clear out oil gunk is that safe for subaru's?? Can't you just use engine cleaner or engine flush?

[Guest boostin]

Its up to you. I would say that atf is safer than a flush anyway.

[matariki_gt]

 BC5RA said:

A rebuild isn't required, could just be sticking or worse crushed.

In any case you've sorted it with the conversion.

can you tell by the sound if its crushed? or do you have to have a look at them?

[BC5RA]

The noise won't go away.

Remedy - replace lifter.

[rockr]

3 changes with magnatec and filters about 4000kms apart fixed mine. 190000 km on clock now and quiet as