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Originally Posted by thstone
I readily admit that my engine had a noisy lifter for quite awhile (as Jake quickly concluded from the failure evidence).
Is there a recommended course of action for a noisy lifter? How long? How loud? Under what circumstances is opening up the engine warranted?
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If one is going big bore on a rebuild....what is the cost of waiting for the failure to occur vs addressing it premptively? You would be incurring a lot of labour twice....weight that against collateral damage that can occur.
I ask as I have an intermittent lifter tick (or so it sounds)....usually shows up after the car is idle for a time and then disappears when the car is used regularly