can sea foam quiet lifters
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Also the irony here is it was never making any noises when I bought it and I put a can of sea foam in with a full tank just to clean things up and then it started making the noise.
Not saying it created the problem as I use sea foam with great results in everything. Let me know though what will happen if I let those phazers go!
Not saying it created the problem as I use sea foam with great results in everything. Let me know though what will happen if I let those phazers go!
another idea
Change your oil and mix in one quart of sythetic, same viscosity as the rest of the oil. The syn will start the cleaning action without it being too severe. Keep an eye on your oil and if it gets dirty faster than normal, change both it and the filter and run another quart of syn. If it was buildup in the lifters, they should quiet down within a few hundred miles.
The seaform trick is an engine flush, you add an entire can to the engine oil just before an oil change, drive for a few miles or a day or two and change it. But as other posters have said, this can losen big chunks of crud which can cause issues. The same thing can happen if you switch to synthetic oil entirely.
How is your oil pressure? If it's starting to drop you might try a higher viscosity oil, the lifter clattering could be due to low oil pressure. So something else to try -
Change your oil and mix in one quart of sythetic, same viscosity as the rest of the oil. The syn will start the cleaning action without it being too severe. Keep an eye on your oil and if it gets dirty faster than normal, change both it and the filter and run another quart of syn. If it was buildup in the lifters, they should quiet down within a few hundred miles.
The seaform trick is an engine flush, you add an entire can to the engine oil just before an oil change, drive for a few miles or a day or two and change it. But as other posters have said, this can losen big chunks of crud which can cause issues. The same thing can happen if you switch to synthetic oil entirely.
How is your oil pressure? If it's starting to drop you might try a higher viscosity oil, the lifter clattering could be due to low oil pressure. So something else to try -
snow_monkey
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Used it in my blower it worked great!!
polarisrider1
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Ya, I put the crap in my 1985 Wheel Horse garden tractor with original gas in it. seemed to get some of the ping and backfiring to go away. Majic it is. At ten bucks a can it should fetch beers for me while I watch it idle away that $1.19 a gallon gas I've been storing in it.
Sugar can quite a hyperactive child temporary. (until all the sugar is gone).
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polarisrider1
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Kinda quite around here so here goes, Just because Sea Foam and Marvel . radiator repair in a can and fix a flat and all the other remedies in a can make the symtoms go away does not mean it has "Fixed" the issue at hand. Snake oil. period. temporary fixes to get the wreckage off the lot. It is also amazing what flat black spray paint can do. I do have faith in WD40. Fire at will, lol
snow_monkey
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This thing was clogged up and it took less the 40 seconds to break free. My friend told me to drain it out of the two stroke and fresh gas and oil after you run it through. I guess it can eat stuff up. Straight gas you can leave it in.
polarisrider1
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saber1
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Just a follow up After changing the oil and putting a quart of Marvel the ticking noise is almost totally gone. It took about 50 miles of driving though i will throw in another quart at next oil change just for preventative, how long this lasts who knows but i am happy with the results.