<VV> Valve lifter noise

[Hugo Miller]

That's what I thought it would do - and it did. But the next day the 
noise was back again, after standing for 24 hours only. Early days yet - 
I've only been running it for a couple of days after a long period in 
storage.

On 2019-01-28 18:06, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
> Hugo,
>
> Lifter noise after sitting a while is quite common.  Drive it for a
> half hour so it gets fully up to temp before doing anything else, 
> that
> generally does the trick.
>
> --Bryan
>
>> On Jan 28, 2019, at 3:44 PM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs 
>> <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>>
>> I just dragged one of my Corvairs out of hibernation, & there was a 
>> loud clatter from one of the valve lifters on starting, which 
>> persisted for several minutes before gradually fading away. I assumed 
>> it was just that the oil had drained out of one of the lifters due to 
>> standing for a long time. But the next day the noise was back. Again 
>> it faded after a while. I've only been running it for about three days 
>> now, but if this is going to happen every day I shall need to do 
>> something about it. Has anybody else experienced this phenomenon?