Or you could replace all twelve lifters with new from Ina, for about $150 or so. Probably improve compression.
Another couple items that probably need attention: ALDA seals, ALDA adjustment, turbo waste gate adjustment, timing chain. Replace all the lifters, get the boost and ALDA set up correctly, IP timing back in spec, you'll have a real rocket ship. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On March 18, 2019 6:02:27 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >Just normal lifter ticking. Running synthetic for thousands of miles >will usually make it go away. > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 18, 2019, at 4:30 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes ><mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Today, I heard a new ticking sound. After I start the engine, it’s >very faint within 20 seconds it’s pretty loud. If you raise the RPM, it >goes away away, then when you let off the food feed again and returns >to idle, it takes about two seconds and the ticking returns. It’s only >a done this a week after I’ve change the oil. Oil levels are fine. No >leaks anywhere. I did some stethoscoping with a long ass screwdriver >but I could not tell where it was coming from. >> >> Bob R >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
