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

[J R Read_HML]

The grey sludge was lead from the good old days.  Nonleaded gas is fine in 
Corvair engines.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... twenty minutes 
later...


> Take it for a 10 (at least) mile drive.  Get it up to 50 or so.  By the 
> time you are home, it will be quiet.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser" <krupross at sunwave.net>
> To: <corvairs at cybrus.net>; "The Corvanatics list" 
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> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... twenty minutes 
> later...
>
>
>>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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