I have had a stuck lifter for 9months because of a oil leak, the leak is fixed but not the stuck lifter. After this happned i tryed using tranny fluid for 200miles and then got a oil change. But the lifter did not come loose,everything still works but it eats about 2quarts a week and ldles a little bit more than normal but deffinatly more noticeable. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?
2007-03-31 17:20:55 · 8 answers · asked by House 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Pontiac Grand AM 2002 2.2L ecotec
2007-04-01 11:44:00 · update #1
A bad lifter has nothing to do with using oil. Also an oil leak will not cause a stuck lifter.
Year, make, model and engine would help.
2007-04-01 00:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by TonynNC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need to replace the lifter. You might as well go ahead and replace the cam too. It would be a good time to gain a little extra HP if that's what you are looking for. You could also do an upper engine rebuild, get a valve job, new valve train and a cam.
It all depends on how old the car is and do you plan on keeping it? Do you want to spend a lot of money on it?
A lot of options, but to get rid of the tapping noise, you'll need to replace the lifter.
2007-03-31 17:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a tool for taking out a lifter without taking off the head.
http://www.midwayautosupply.com/showproduct.aspx?productid=31829&affiliateid=10050
and my favorite place and just as cheap or cheaper
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/POWERBUILT-Hydraulic-Valve-Lifter-Puller_W0QQitemZ330016118598QQcmdZViewItem
You send them to school, you give them a bottle of tequila and what do they do. Spend all day trying to figure out how the worm got in the bottle with the cap on and sealed.
If I were you put all new lifters in if you got the money or eventually. I know I have tight on money sometimes.
The above answers always forget that sometimes it is nice to do somethings when you got the cash, like replace the camshaft and stuff. The only thing that happens is your car will not really run 100 percent smooth if the cam is off. But that means a little bad gas mileage but again, you could still be running for the next 5 years too.
2007-03-31 17:37:38 · answer #3 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a shop and if its been stuck that long it needs a new set of lifters in it ,the only thing you can really do on this one is replace the lifters in it,you know that a loose lifter will cause a lobe to wear off the cam shaft a lot faster,so keep in mind there could be a little bit of wear on this as well good luck i hope this helps.
2007-03-31 17:28:43 · answer #4 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you fairly bypass from one theory severe to a various whilst all you should do is replace the production facility curler lifters and degree the cam lobes for placed on. Why might you replace the engine if all you have are sticking lifters from using low high quality motor oil or a adverse oil replace schedule.
2016-12-15 13:30:51 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
replace the lifters. I am just guessing but I would say you have a gm motor. If so it is as easy as removing the intake and loosening the rockers so you can get the pushrods off of the lifters. then just pull them out indiviually and replace with new. EASY. Fords are relatively the same as are chrysler. IMPORTANT replace them ALL. you never know when the others will fail also.
2007-03-31 18:31:57 · answer #6 · answered by heavyhauldad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tranny fluid trick seems to work often. Outsite of an additive meant for this purpose, I think it is time to pull the intake manifold and replace the troubled lifter.
2007-03-31 17:29:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could have just replaced the lifter, but odds are that you'll need to replace the engine now. Tranny fluid?
2007-03-31 17:30:28 · answer #8 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋