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Lifter Dry Start
I'm having some ticking sound on my engine since a few months ago. Apparently, the same ticking noise that I've read on other threads. My mechanic, which is a good and honest one, told me it is a lifter. I dont know how to translate the word, but the literal translation is discharged, dont know if it is the same as bleed-off, but that's what he told me, and told me to use Rislone to correct the problem, and I've been using it for the last 4 oil changes.
The noise can be heard just a few seconds after starting the car when the engine is cold and then shuts off very quickly, and when the oil is reaching 3 months after the last oil change. The first two and a half months after the oil change, everything's perfect. Then, when reaching the third month, the engine starts doing that annoying sound, without reacing 3,000 miles between oil changes, but when I do the oil change, it stops doing it, until it reaches two months to three months after the change. I think that if the problem is a lifter, maybe its not staying well lubricated, between the last engine shut down and the next start, a dry start.
When I noticed that noise for the first time, I had my headers installed, and the left header was leaking throught the EGR Hose-Header connection, like most of you have experienced. I tried to solve the problem for about a few months, until I achieved to seal it, since I didn't wanted to block it off, and right now is not leaking anywhere, but when that problem wasn't solved, I thought that noise was the EGR valve, because of the leak. But after solving that problem, I noticed that the problem must be something else.
The oil I use is Mobil 1 10W30 Full Synthetic, the filter is the Purolator PureOne. My car is a 3800 Series 2, 1997 Firebird with just 57,300 miles. I thought of using a more thicker oil, like 10W40, using other filter, to see if it solves the problem. Overall, the engine runs really good, no problems at all, but after reaching the 10 years old, some sensors started to need some change, something that is natural for 10 year old electrical sensors and that's not a big issue.
Can anyone help me, or suggest me somethng to do, or some other cause? Maybe it is something else, rather than a lifter, or a dry start like I think.
The noise can be heard just a few seconds after starting the car when the engine is cold and then shuts off very quickly, and when the oil is reaching 3 months after the last oil change. The first two and a half months after the oil change, everything's perfect. Then, when reaching the third month, the engine starts doing that annoying sound, without reacing 3,000 miles between oil changes, but when I do the oil change, it stops doing it, until it reaches two months to three months after the change. I think that if the problem is a lifter, maybe its not staying well lubricated, between the last engine shut down and the next start, a dry start.
When I noticed that noise for the first time, I had my headers installed, and the left header was leaking throught the EGR Hose-Header connection, like most of you have experienced. I tried to solve the problem for about a few months, until I achieved to seal it, since I didn't wanted to block it off, and right now is not leaking anywhere, but when that problem wasn't solved, I thought that noise was the EGR valve, because of the leak. But after solving that problem, I noticed that the problem must be something else.
The oil I use is Mobil 1 10W30 Full Synthetic, the filter is the Purolator PureOne. My car is a 3800 Series 2, 1997 Firebird with just 57,300 miles. I thought of using a more thicker oil, like 10W40, using other filter, to see if it solves the problem. Overall, the engine runs really good, no problems at all, but after reaching the 10 years old, some sensors started to need some change, something that is natural for 10 year old electrical sensors and that's not a big issue.
Can anyone help me, or suggest me somethng to do, or some other cause? Maybe it is something else, rather than a lifter, or a dry start like I think.
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