[FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... twenty minutes later...

Sun May 15 19:52:45 EDT 2005

Good thing I didn't eat it!
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Merv
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "The Corvanatics list" 
<corvanatics at corvair.org>; <corvairs at cybrus.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... twenty minutes 
later...


> The grey sludge was lead from the good old days.  Nonleaded gas is fine in 
> Corvair engines.
>
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> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... twenty minutes 
> later...
>
>
>> Take it for a 10 (at least) mile drive.  Get it up to 50 or so.  By the 
>> time you are home, it will be quiet.
>>
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>> Later, JR
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser" <krupross at sunwave.net>
>> To: <corvairs at cybrus.net>; "The Corvanatics list" 
>> <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 6:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... twenty minutes 
>> later...
>>
>>
>>>I re-read Bob Helt's book on noisy lifters and he suggests up to 20 
>>>minutes for an engine that was poorly maintained... so I ran it for 
>>>another 10 minutes and I am pretty sure most of the lifters quieted down, 
>>>but there are two, maybe three lifters making most of the racket.... 
>>>somewhat like a 7 oz. ball pein hammer banging on an anvil.
>>> More history: When the car got here from its journey from Campbell 
>>> River, I took it for the customary test drive and it ran smooth and 
>>> quiet. The clutch slipped, but otherwise all seemed well. When I pulled 
>>> the pan off, it was mired in grey sludge which was probably a PTFE 
>>> engine gunk of some sort.
>>> Would that stuff keep lifters quiet? I would think doubtful, but if it 
>>> got stuck in the lifters, it may explain why a couple of lifters are 
>>> gifted noise makers now ...???
>>>
>>> a somewhat deafened Merv KRull
>>> Salmon Arm, BC
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Shaun" <shaun_mcgarvey at shaw.ca>
>>> To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>; 
>>> <corvairs at cybrus.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 3:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... help!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Run it! Baby it! Drive it!
>>>> It will quiet down, I promise.
>>>>
>>>> yea, Vairily ... Shaun
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser" <krupross at sunwave.net>
>>>> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <corvairs at cybrus.net>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 3:18 PM
>>>> Subject: [FC] Very noisy lifters first startup... help!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks!
>>>>
>>>> I turned the key, the starter kicked in, and the engine turned over 
>>>> with
>>>> satisfying authority. The oil pressure light went off. Once the gas got 
>>>> into
>>>> the carbs, the spitting and giggling started.. you know... the sound of 
>>>> an
>>>> engine eager to fire up and get going, but just not enough gas to come 
>>>> fully
>>>> to life on its own. Another couple of pumps of the accelerator and it
>>>> finally idled to life... not so much like a kitten.... more like a 
>>>> really
>>>> ticked off tiger. The valve train noise was fierce! I let it idle for 
>>>> close
>>>> to five minutes hoping that the noise would settle down remembering 
>>>> that
>>>> someone on this listserv said it could take up to 15 minutes... I got 
>>>> scared
>>>> and shut it off. Started again a minute later, no change, shut it off.
>>>>
>>>> I did a complete static setting of the lifters while the engine was 
>>>> sitting
>>>> on the workbench following Bob Helt's book word for word. I found that 
>>>> I did
>>>> not have to change each setting much at all if any.
>>>>
>>>> My mechanic brother in law says hmmmmm usually 3 or 4 minutes does the 
>>>> trick
>>>> on water pumpers.
>>>>
>>>> Am I gonna hafta set the lifters with the engine running?
>>>>
>>>> Should I just let it run until it quiets down?
>>>>
>>>> I put Castrol Synthetic 10 30 in it and no major parts have come out 
>>>> through
>>>> the exhaust pipe....
>>>>
>>>> What to do? What to do?
>>>>
>>>> thanx
>>>> Merv Krull
>>>> Salmon Arm, BC
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