Ivan Henthorne
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So, I’ve been chasing a rattle noise in my 2004 3.8L. I finally decided to pull the lifters and check for bad ones and maybe damaged push rods. My son drove this car low on oil several time, but I’ve never found any metal shavings in the oil.
Today when I removed the lifters I found several - 5 or 6 - that had metal shavings built up around the lip on the bottom.
Anyone seen this before? Is this the beginning of the end? It looks like there’s some wear on the surface of the lifter, but could this be from the inner part of the hole where the lifter sits?
I looked as well as I could at the cam lobes and didn’t see any grooves, but I’m not as young as I used to be, and these eyes don’t pick up stuff like before.
I’m hoping to put some new lifters and push rods in her, flush the engine, and make this thing last another year or two. (Might as well since it’s already apart, right?).
Any thought??
Thanks in advance.
Today when I removed the lifters I found several - 5 or 6 - that had metal shavings built up around the lip on the bottom.
Anyone seen this before? Is this the beginning of the end? It looks like there’s some wear on the surface of the lifter, but could this be from the inner part of the hole where the lifter sits?
I looked as well as I could at the cam lobes and didn’t see any grooves, but I’m not as young as I used to be, and these eyes don’t pick up stuff like before.
I’m hoping to put some new lifters and push rods in her, flush the engine, and make this thing last another year or two. (Might as well since it’s already apart, right?).
Any thought??
Thanks in advance.
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