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Hey all,
This time it seems a lot louder than before - but besides replacing lifters...whats the best way to reduce this noise?
oil change?

from memory it's louder than last time and even after the car has warmed up, its still there and when you rev it too, it of course gets louder and faster with revs..
is it the lifters?

nothing like the noise from my broken head from last year though!!

I think before replacing the lifters I'd try cleaning them, however this is time consuming & manga_blue reckons it doesn't work as well as using a good oil:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=41116&hilit=hla

But from some recent posts it seems forumites are having success with Nulon Lifter Free:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=41377&hilit=hla

Awesome links!
thanks heaps for them - Might pop down to repco and get some of that nulon stuff now

Cheers!

changed oil and filter, put in the nulon lifty dealie...bit quieter....turned it off..back on, quiet again woo hoo

thanks again!

That Nulon stuff works a treat!

how many Km's / high KM's cause wear/ old age causes wear/ ... nothing lasts forever even if you do take vitamin supplements and magic formulations.

150k

Im aware of that Mr Mortlock - was just after a solution now.

The car will be doing a full rebuild within a year or 2

evil_weevil wrote:changed oil and filter, put in the nulon lifty dealie...bit quieter....turned it off..back on, quiet again woo hoo

thanks again!

no probs - great to hear it did the trick.