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tappers are rattling and slight clunk like a sticky lifter. Will are oil change and lifter cleaner in are bottle may help??????
 

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Won’t hurt to try it mate although if your lifters are gone the only real fix is replacing them, nulon lifter free is the additive you wanna use also have you cleaned the afm lifter screen thing under the oil pressure sensor?
 

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Won’t hurt to try it mate although if your lifters are gone the only real fix is replacing them, nulon lifter free is the additive you wanna use also have you cleaned the afm lifter screen thing under the oil pressure sensor?
Yeah tried nulon lifter cleaner and castrol magnateck oil, where is lifter screen thing, oil pressure sensor at the back of the block isn't it???
 

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Yeah tried nulon lifter cleaner and castrol magnateck oil, where is lifter screen thing, oil pressure sensor at the back of the block isn't it???

Rear LH corner of the valley plate. remove the sensor, a long tubular screen fits down in a recess under the sensor.
 

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Im mechanically minded, I get that the oil pressure sensor is on the rear l/h side, so you want me to remove it it and look for some sort of a recess area??? And I don't no what you mean about long tubular screen??? Meaning a mesh screen, glass screen wtf, sorry you have me just little confused please HELP
 

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Im mechanically minded, I get that the oil pressure sensor is on the rear l/h side, so you want me to remove it it and look for some sort of a recess area??? And I don't no what you mean about long tubular screen??? Meaning a mesh screen, glass screen wtf, sorry you have me just little confused please HELP

Check comment #3,
its explains the location of the DOD [AFM] filter.
 

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Check comment #3,
its explains the location of the DOD [AFM] filter.
Thanks for the information,, sorry missed you first reply made me feel like a real idiot lol
 

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Thanks for the information,, sorry missed you first reply made me feel like a real idiot lol

No problem at all,
Glad we can assist ;)
 
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