12-10-2006, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Manarius
You are right. The HLA's can get sticky with time. But, they're better than solid lifters 'cause they don't need adjusted all the time. And, if it's just a tapping, it's probably a sticky lifter, not a stuck one completely. A stuck one would make the car drive real funny.
Yes, ATF is said to help clear them up. But, unless you take them out and basically "reset" them, there's no guarantee.
And yes, that's assuming the tapping is coming from behind the valve cover and isn't something more serious. The tapping is pretty distinct though.
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Thanks for the information Jason, but is not the continuous use of bold type a little over the top. 
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