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    #16
    Maybe a good oil flush (not sure which chemical is the best - maybe Seafoam) and then a slightly heavier oil might work? Better than ripping out lifters if not totally required.


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      #17
      Originally posted by miamibob View Post
      Maybe a good oil flush (not sure which chemical is the best - maybe Seafoam) and then a slightly heavier oil might work? Better than ripping out lifters if not totally required.
      Well apparently it's never totally required. But I'll do anything that'll help.

      I would feel like a terrible person if I ever let it sound like sly's.
      89 Grand Marquis GS.

      Putting it here because I keep forgetting to mention it. It's not very exciting at the moment.

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        #18
        Unless you really KNOW there is a lifter issue it's worth a shot. I always go for the easiest and cheapest solutions first. If you do use a flush just make sure it is totally flushed out before new oil. May take a few oil changes to make sure.


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          #19
          Just turn the radio louder and drive it.... it will run forever like that.
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            #20
            Originally posted by tjc78 View Post
            Just turn the radio louder and drive it.... it will run forever like that.
            Can't do it. Couldn't live with myself.

            Originally posted by miamibob View Post
            Unless you really KNOW there is a lifter issue it's worth a shot. I always go for the easiest and cheapest solutions first. If you do use a flush just make sure it is totally flushed out before new oil. May take a few oil changes to make sure.
            Sounds like a good idea. It could probably use an engine flush for more reasons than that anyway.
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            Putting it here because I keep forgetting to mention it. It's not very exciting at the moment.

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              #21
              10-30 is plenty heavy. Particularly on cold startup. Remember the higher the cold number the more startup wear there will be.
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                #22
                Originally posted by jaywish View Post
                10-30 is plenty heavy. Particularly on cold startup. Remember the higher the cold number the more startup wear there will be.
                I haven't put anything in it since the tune-up because the oil levels have been fine ever since, so that might not be what's in there right now. But that's what I was told to use, so that's what I put in it after I got it.

                Funny story: It was so dry it wouldn't even start when I put it in there, because I was an idiot and forgot to check it because I had no idea what I was doing at the time.
                Last edited by ootdega; 07-26-2014, 07:19 PM.
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                Putting it here because I keep forgetting to mention it. It's not very exciting at the moment.

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                  #23
                  Sounds the same as my 88 Town Car. I've had it for 8 years now and the sounds have gotten worse but still quiets down once the engine is warmed up and keeps running without fail.
                  I'm all for getting out in front of stuff when it comes up, but I really wouldn't lose any sleep over this one.
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                    #24
                    Originally posted by ootdega View Post
                    Well apparently it's never totally required. But I'll do anything that'll help.

                    I would feel like a terrible person if I ever let it sound like sly's.
                    Burrrrrrnnnnn lol.

                    Out of curiosity (sorry ootdega, your posts always seem to spin up some thought I've been meaning to ask), what does everyone feel about using trans fluid for a very short time to flush out the oil?

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                      #25
                      Back in the early 70s I used 1 quart of trans fluid with the oil for a very short time to clean out the motor. I would not do that to any car now.

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                        #26
                        they make "engine flush" that doesn't cost much more that has instructions on how to do it. You definitely don't want to run these long with that stuff in the system typically as they can and will clog up an oil filter and oil starvation is a bad thing.

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                          #27
                          I've done heard of folks using kerosene in oil briefly too to clean it. Don't think I'd do it in some fancy OHC engine but a pushrod smallblock I'd worry less about.

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                            #28
                            I've done ATF flushes before, just drain the main oil plug and add 3qts ATF, and let idle for 5-10 mins or so. ATF is really thin and has detergents in it, a little ATF on a rag is actually really good for cleaning grimy stuff like dirty rubber tool handles.
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                              #29
                              Personally I fear doing solvent flushes to a motor. Most of that stuff is mineral spirits and kerosene. If its so shitted up inside with sludge that its causing oil flow problems, just imagine what getting all that to let go at once will do. Pull a valve cover and see what it looks like. If its not sludgey, you probably don't need any high power wash. If it looks like a Jello mold, you've got deeper problems and I wouldn't suggest trying to use a solvent wash anyway.
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                              Originally posted by phayzer5
                              I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                                #30
                                Originally posted by gadget73 View Post
                                Personally I fear doing solvent flushes to a motor. Most of that stuff is mineral spirits and kerosene. If its so shitted up inside with sludge that its causing oil flow problems, just imagine what getting all that to let go at once will do. Pull a valve cover and see what it looks like. If its not sludgey, you probably don't need any high power wash. If it looks like a Jello mold, you've got deeper problems and I wouldn't suggest trying to use a solvent wash anyway.
                                Uh...how do I do that?
                                89 Grand Marquis GS.

                                Putting it here because I keep forgetting to mention it. It's not very exciting at the moment.

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