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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 09:36 AM
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:( I have only 149k miles and the car runs and looks like it has 20k miles except for one thing,a noisy lifter. I tried Rislone but no god. Any ideas or will it hurt anything to just let it tic ? It seems to be from the rear bank of cyls. Its not an injector
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 11:24 AM
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What kind of oil do you use?
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 11:27 AM
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Try running a thicker oil.
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5w30 really dont want to run thicker oil
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I've run 15-40 before, man does she run smoth and quiet...Can't wait till summer to run that again.
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run some tranny fluid in your oil for 500 miles
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Originally Posted by GAMEOVER
run some tranny fluid in your oil for 500 miles
I've never heard of that, what does that do?
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tranny fluid cleans everything it has alot of detergent
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Something that you would recommend before an oil change?
How much would you put in?
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ok change oil and filter put 1 less quart of oil in and replace with tranny fluid drive for 500miles drain and change oil normally i do this once every 15k
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