After cam install lifter tapping
After cam install lifter tapping I have a TSP 231/231 .598 .595 112 + 4 and new oil pump. I have tapping on the drivers side. I pretty sure it's a lifter. After the first start up it was fine. Then I drove it and it started tapping. My oil pressure is at 40lbs idle. Is there anything I can do to make it stop before I pull the head?
on the oil pump, did you make sure the "o" ring was not damaged? when i did replaced my oil pump, i ripped the "o" ring, and had low pressure and a tap. Replaced the o ring and it was good as new. worth a try
Originally Posted by jimmy 2 Times
on the oil pump, did you make sure the "o" ring was not damaged? when i did replaced my oil pump, i ripped the "o" ring, and had low pressure and a tap. Replaced the o ring and it was good as new. worth a try
My oil pressure is not like it used to be before the swap. It will go up to about 55lbs when I get on it and before it would at 60lbs. The oil ring was not ripped. I installed the oil ring on the lip of the pump and slid the tube inside the oil pump.
Originally Posted by Kiss_My_99SS
My oil pressure is not like it used to be before the swap. It will go up to about 55lbs when I get on it and before it would at 60lbs. The oil ring was not ripped. I installed the oil ring on the lip of the pump and slid the tube inside the oil pump.
I really don't think I pinched the ring. I reinstalled the crank pulley with a hammer. Yes I checked the rockers. It sounds like just one lifter. Sometimes it will completely stop tapping when the oil pressure goes up and then when the pressure drops to around 35lbs it will start tapping.
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If you replaced your springs, it probably is the ticking noise from the aftermarket springs. I know after I put the beehive springs on mine, it makes more valvetrain noise. Like a ticking sound.
Originally Posted by setxws6
If you replaced your springs, it probably is the ticking noise from the aftermarket springs. I know after I put the beehive springs on mine, it makes more valvetrain noise. Like a ticking sound.
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Originally Posted by Kiss_My_99SS
I really don't think I pinched the ring. I reinstalled the crank pulley with a hammer. Yes I checked the rockers. It sounds like just one lifter. Sometimes it will completely stop tapping when the oil pressure goes up and then when the pressure drops to around 35lbs it will start tapping.
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let me know what you find out, i too have a loud tapping from the pass side head, Patriot Golds and TR224, I have ticking from the drivers side but up front on the pass side it is a very loud tapping...
Originally Posted by Kiss_My_99SS
The car never cooled down. It sat for about 20 mins then I started it and no tapping when at 190 deg.
Doubt it's the oil o-ring. I replaced one on a guys car that was pinched. He was getting 20lbs of pressure at idle, you have 40. But hey, strangers things have happened. Looks like you did not take the heads off, so I would rule out lifters (unless of course the o-ring is pinched)
Definately recheck the valvetrain. Make certain all the pushrods look good, the rockers are torqued to spec, and springs look good.
Keep us informed.
Definately recheck the valvetrain. Make certain all the pushrods look good, the rockers are torqued to spec, and springs look good.
Keep us informed.
I got in my car went to work and on the way it started tapping again. When I left from work it tapped when I first started it up and the whole way home it was quite no tapping. I don't understand this. I'm thinking about checking the oil ring but I do have 40lbs at idle and crusing. Before the swap the oil pressure went up with the RPM's and now it stays at 40lbs all the time.
I know what it is. My car did the EXACT same thing. It was the o ring. I had good oil pressure too. It would come and go. It drove me nuts. I thought it was my lifters, so I changed them. It still ticked. Finally I decided to try the o-ring, IT FIXED IT. Just change it
If your oil stays at 40lbs (you mentioned it went to 55 in an earlier post) then it is the o-ring. It allows air to get up there an causes the lifters to stick creating a ticking noise