[FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... twenty minutes later...

[Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser]

I re-read Bob Helt's book on noisy lifters and he suggests up to 20 minutes 
for an engine that was poorly maintained... so I ran it for another 10 
minutes and I am pretty sure most of the lifters quieted down, but there are 
two, maybe three lifters making most of the racket.... somewhat like a 7 oz. 
ball pein hammer banging on an anvil.
More history: When the car got here from its journey from Campbell River, I 
took it for the customary test drive and it ran smooth and quiet. The clutch 
slipped, but otherwise all seemed well. When I pulled the pan off, it was 
mired in grey sludge which was probably a PTFE engine gunk of some sort.
Would that stuff keep lifters quiet? I would think doubtful, but if it got 
stuck in the lifters, it may explain why a couple of lifters are gifted 
noise makers now ...???

a somewhat deafened Merv KRull
Salmon Arm, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shaun" <shaun_mcgarvey at shaw.ca>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <corvairs at cybrus.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... help!


> Run it! Baby it! Drive it!
> It will quiet down, I promise.
>
> yea, Vairily ... Shaun
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser" <krupross at sunwave.net>
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <corvairs at cybrus.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 3:18 PM
> Subject: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... help!
>
>
> Hi folks!
>
> I turned the key, the starter kicked in, and the engine turned over with
> satisfying authority. The oil pressure light went off. Once the gas got 
> into
> the carbs, the spitting and giggling started.. you know... the sound of an
> engine eager to fire up and get going, but just not enough gas to come 
> fully
> to life on its own. Another couple of pumps of the accelerator and it
> finally idled to life... not so much like a kitten.... more like a really
> ticked off tiger. The valve train noise was fierce! I let it idle for 
> close
> to five minutes hoping that the noise would settle down remembering that
> someone on this listserv said it could take up to 15 minutes... I got 
> scared
> and shut it off. Started again a minute later, no change, shut it off.
>
> I did a complete static setting of the lifters while the engine was 
> sitting
> on the workbench following Bob Helt's book word for word. I found that I 
> did
> not have to change each setting much at all if any.
>
> My mechanic brother in law says hmmmmm usually 3 or 4 minutes does the 
> trick
> on water pumpers.
>
> Am I gonna hafta set the lifters with the engine running?
>
> Should I just let it run until it quiets down?
>
> I put Castrol Synthetic 10 30 in it and no major parts have come out 
> through
> the exhaust pipe....
>
> What to do? What to do?
>
> thanx
> Merv Krull
> Salmon Arm, BC
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