did a Torquer V3 and took it to RPM in NC to get it tunned, all was well, bought the car home ran it down the road a few times, perfect. go to get it aligned today and now it starts ticking really REALLY bad. it did it after warm up and if i get down on it hard and let off it goes away for a few seconds, motor had 64k on it when the swap was done. im running 5/30 should i go higher?

 

I would pull the covers and have a look see before you decide it is a lifter.

It won't hurt anything but if it is a lifter collapsing heavier oil is just a bandaid....

 

is it a knock or a tick? maybe a rocker stud is loose....?

 

tick... stock rockers but i have Harlan sharps to go on if i have to pull the heads to replace the lifters. this is the time where i miss my LT1 pull the intake and replace, EASY but hell atleast gaskets are a TON cheaper!

 

ttt ordered new lifters today and started tearing it down to pull the heads and replace does this sound like an o ring problem?

 

i've seen alot of these posts lately and my car even does it every now and then. the lifters just bleed down. I have found that a heavier conventional oil seems to help. i'm running a castrol 10w-40 and has improved greatly

 

I had the same problem and thought it was piston slap but to my surprise it was just a leaky header gasket... I couldn't believe it because it was ticking.... I thought it was either piston slap or a lifter and I was ready to tear apart the top end to replace the lifters but got me some good old GM gaskets and problem fixed... check the link I provided and see the video I posted so you can hear the ticking...

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