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Old 06-25-2014, 08:19 PM   #5
Timco
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Cause and is it an easy fix?
My truck (pushrod 6) makes the exact sound. Always a perfect tap, faster with revs, perfect rhythm. Crisp sound. My issue is a stuck lifter that gets quiet with oil pressure. If valve tap likely a lifter. Oil changes and filter all on schedule?

That's under the valve cover and under the cam. Last DOHC car I had had hydraulic lifters that stuck and went bad. Also made exact same crisp tap.
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