cure for noisy lifters on starting

[harry3]

nulon lifter quietner works for a while but a product called valvoline engine flush worked better for me
you warm up the engine, put it into engine oil and leave engine idling for 10 minutes then replace oil and filter

[Pub247]

best cure it to take them out, pull them apart and clean them

[Goon]

best cure it to take them out, pull them apart and clean them

really???

[jatsvl]

we found that using the valvoline engine flush removes the black paint from the inside of the oil sump and clogs up the oil pickup which results is low oil pressure and oil pump failure.

[Paiste402]

we found that using the valvoline engine flush removes the black paint from the inside of the oil sump and clogs up the oil pickup which results is low oil pressure and oil pump failure.

why would there be paint in the sump? Im sure holden would have seen that was a bad idea the moment someone mentioned it.

[lil_mickey]

problem is it wasn't holden's doing... blame nissan...

[jatsvl]

why would there be paint in the sump? Im sure holden would have seen that was a bad idea the moment someone mentioned it.

many engine manufacturers paint the inside of the oil sumps, take some off and you will see alot of them are painted black, now there are alot of alloy sumps on more modern cars that are not painted.

[H1GHROLLR]

never have i ever seen paint on the inside

[VL Berlina 5speed]

vl sumps are painted black on the inside
when i had mine of to replace it because of a big dent, the bottom area had all flaked off while the rest above oil level was still painted

i had tryed many bottle of lifter free before so its possible that was the cause, might not be though

[H1GHROLLR]

far out thats a stupid idea hey unreal

[detox_nath83]

i was just looking at my sump(Spare Engine) it looks like it has a layer of paint as i could scratch through to bare metal.(Yes i have degreased and cleaned the pan and not scratching through built up oil)

[harry3]

I will keep an eye on the oil pressure gauge