Fleg,
You should not have any problem out of your lifters unless one gets gummed
up and sticks. Since they are hydraulic they operate off of oil pressure.
If run extremely hard, you may notice a ticking afterwards for a while until
the pressure refills the lifter. Also, over time, the internal springs will
somewhat weaken. You would want to consider replacing them at that point.
I'm not extremely knowledgeable on lifers, but I don't think I'm leading you
astray with any of the above. If I did, don't worry, someone will speak up.
Sorry for not catching your original post. Working a major proposal with
tomorrow as the deadline, and have been glazing over most of the DML for the
past two weeks in order to save my butt on this project. Later,
Rich - Ashburn, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Fleigle [mailto:fleigle@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 3:24 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Lifter tapping
Because of the fact that I only got one reply to my lifter tapping
question (thanks Gary Shook) it is clear to me that nobody on the DML
knows anything about how to fix it. What I did was drain the oil, put
on a new oil filter, fill back up the oil with 4 quarts of 10w-30 and a
quart of Marvels Mystery Oil. After a short drive to the local fast
food place the lifter has now stopped tapping and the engine runs even
quiter. I was lucky, it could have been a lot worse than that.
Fleg
93 Dodge Dakota (no tap)
69 Baja Bug (no tap)
http://members.xoom.com/Fleg
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