Is is possible for lifter to go bad.....
Is is possible for lifter to go bad..... from being takin out and reinstalled??? put a set of heads on the car and when i got everything back together with new header gaskets/header band clamps/rocker preload set right (non-adjustable), there is an annoying tick which appears to be coming from driverside. my first impression from the sound would be a header gasket type noise, but they are bran new and have been re-torqued numerous times after cool down. so than a few people have mentioned lifters. i should have replaced them but since there wasnt a problem with them before i didnt think of it at the time. is it possble for 1 to go bad just from takin it out and re-installing??? im not losing oil pressure at anytime...car runs fine and appears to have plenty of power its just got this tick that annoys me and sounds like it will cause a problem if i let it go. its embarrasing cause it allmost sounds like a light valve tap. anyone run into this problem han can shed some light?? thanx
Originally Posted by daryl2cb@yahoo.com
I guess you could have a bad rocker, or maybe it is not correctly seated on the valve, but lifters do go bad, stock rocker?
