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Tick, Tick, Tick - Thicker Oil or Motor Flush?
I have what sounds like a stuck lifter in the front passenger side of the engine.
A couple of nights ago I started my car and the sound was gone! After a couple of minutes it was back.
The air temperature was 31 degrees when I started the car so the oil was nice and thick, as the engine warmed up the oil thinned down.
I'm currently running 10/40 oil, what is the thickest oil I should try to run to keep that darn lifter pumped up? I know I'll lose some mpg, but that'll hurt less than an engine tear down to replace the lifter.
Should I use some sort of engine cleaner to hopefully flush out whatever is in the lifter?
Thanks in Advance,
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Dan
Pentiums - Melt in your PC, not in your hand!
Project - '92 Claret - Purchased May '06, 99,XXX Miles. Includes two bad engines and one bad tranny, cracked windshield, otherwise mostly complete.
His - '92 Ebony Pearl - Purchased Dec '05, 134,687 Miles. Parked, TC Seal(?) is leaking. Daily driver - 140,500 and climbing.
Hers - '92 Teal - Purchased Aug '05, 129,050 Miles. Daily driver - 160,000 and climbing.
Mods:
PWR Radiator!
Problems:
Antenna doesn't work - Bought a 'new' one - Too cold to install . . . OK, it's warmer but I have other projects too! 
Ticking from front of engine, passenger side - Stuck lifter?
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