Bad lifter noise

ej22t kid · Post by **ej22t kid** » Mon May 21, 2007 12:23 am

So I have done a few searches and didn’t get anything too close to my problem.

i replaced my head gaskets and all other seals in a set of EJ22T heads i got that had been port and polished. I didn’t soak the rocker arm assembly in oil pre-install. Everything is together and i used 10w30 royal purple full synthetic oil. The lifters are making terrible noise even after letting it run for a while. I tried the old ATF trick to help clean up the lifters. What are my options from hear? re-install with a soak? Use a flush?

thehookeup · Post by **thehookeup** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:44 am

this is pretty common. i know they might sound bad, but if you drive around for a while they will probably fill up. doug and I have both had this same thing. it took 20 miles of driving before the were all right. do some searching there are posts about this.

gto7419 · Post by **gto7419** » Mon May 21, 2007 2:51 pm

thehookeup wrote:this is pretty common. i know they might sound bad, but if you drive around for a while they will probably fill up. doug and I have both had this same thing. it took 20 miles of driving before the were all right. do some searching there are posts about this.

My engine used to eat a LOT of oil and if it ever got low, it would do this as well.

ej22t kid · Post by **ej22t kid** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:56 pm

well i had done a little research but this problem had always developed over time for others. for me it happened after a rebuild so i thought maybe i installed them wrong.

we have five subies just at my house not counting brothers and sisters so I’m not new to the usage of oil and tapping from the heads.

douglas vincent · Post by **douglas vincent** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:22 pm

It took me 20 miles of driving before the noise went away once.

Post by **Legacy777** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:29 pm

Just take the lifters out and bleed them. It shouldn't take you more then 2 hours to do everything.

ej22t kid · Post by **ej22t kid** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:09 am

Yea that seems to be the way i am heading .

I got three sets of legacy ss head at my house so i was wondering if i could bleed the lifters out of one of the other heads and do the pull a Houdini and swap them? This will save me time that my car is apart.

douglas vincent · Post by **douglas vincent** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:45 am

Quicker to drive the car for 20 miles than bleed them for three hours......

ej22t kid · Post by **ej22t kid** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:14 am

yea but the fast way always ends up biting me in the ass. there is a reason the rocker arm assembly needs oil and i think it should be that way and not the quik fix for now. I like to do things the right way if i can help .

ej22t kid · Post by **ej22t kid** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:21 am

so i took the lrocker arm assembly off and more that half of the "lash adjusters" I think thats what thy're called are stuck. i can't comprss them by hand what does this intail?

thehookeup · Post by **thehookeup** » Wed May 23, 2007 5:56 am

douglas vincent wrote:Quicker to drive the car for 20 miles than bleed them for three hours......

yea and its a good financial decision too also

douglas vincent · Post by **douglas vincent** » Wed May 23, 2007 7:57 am

/\ joking or no? Seriously, I always drove off the lifter noise.

Post by **Legacy777** » Wed May 23, 2007 5:48 pm

ej22t kid wrote:so i took the lrocker arm assembly off and more that half of the "lash adjusters" I think thats what thy're called are stuck. i can't comprss them by hand what does this intail?

They are not supposed to compress by hand unless you release the check ball. If they do compress without putting something in to release the check ball, then those ones need to be replaced.

You can take a 10 mm socket which fits nicely over the lifter, pour oil into the top, and take a paper clip to release the check ball. Press the lifter up and down to bleed the old oil and air out of it. When you're done, release the check ball, and the lifter should be firm and not compress. If it does compress, it needs to be replaced.

ej22t kid · Post by **ej22t kid** » Wed May 23, 2007 11:17 pm

douglas vincent < ichecked your other post and from what i read you know what your talking about but i'm going to have to check them cause i think i got some bad HLV in these heads.

i swapped the rocker arm assy off my stock heads and put those on the drivers side. it got a little quiter but didn't stop, and all of lash adjusters were stiff on that assembly so i am guessing i need a tad more oil for those and i will replace the other side tonight.

dzx · Post by **dzx** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:55 am

I'd pull off the rocker arm assembly and replace the ones that aren't filled with oil if you have spares. That is if driving a ways doesnt quiet them down.

ej22t kid · Post by **ej22t kid** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:07 pm

yea, thats what my plans are thought now i am getting code 45- pressure sensor. so i got to relace or fix that too. hopefully this all will be over soon so i can dyno my car and see where i am at. driving only helped a little.

ej22t kid · Post by **ej22t kid** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:46 pm

so car is running great after i swapped in some working HLAV's no noisy clatter from the heads and the legacy is quite faster now with the slitly modded heads

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