2001 lifter rattle
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Melting Slicks
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From: Rugby North Dakota
2001 lifter rattle
Got my Dynatech Supermaxx LT's installed last night (finished). 2001 Coupe - Car hasn't been run for probably a month or so, and the back end has been up on jackstands slightly higher than the front end.
When I started it up, The Drivers side lifters seemed to "tick" or rattle for the first 2 - 3 minutes - First I thought it was a terrible exhaust leak, but finally figured it must have been lifter rattle since it went away -
Anyone know why this would have happened? The car has sat for longer periods of time w/ no lifter rattle on start up, and it has less than 4 miles on the oil change - so I thought it was strange.
Just curious as to cause.
When I started it up, The Drivers side lifters seemed to "tick" or rattle for the first 2 - 3 minutes - First I thought it was a terrible exhaust leak, but finally figured it must have been lifter rattle since it went away -
Anyone know why this would have happened? The car has sat for longer periods of time w/ no lifter rattle on start up, and it has less than 4 miles on the oil change - so I thought it was strange.
Just curious as to cause.
Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by 94legaleagle
Got my Dynatech Supermaxx LT's installed last night (finished). 2001 Coupe - Car hasn't been run for probably a month or so, and the back end has been up on jackstands slightly higher than the front end.
When I started it up, The Drivers side lifters seemed to "tick" or rattle for the first 2 - 3 minutes - First I thought it was a terrible exhaust leak, but finally figured it must have been lifter rattle since it went away -
Anyone know why this would have happened? The car has sat for longer periods of time w/ no lifter rattle on start up, and it has less than 4 miles on the oil change - so I thought it was strange.
Just curious as to cause.
When I started it up, The Drivers side lifters seemed to "tick" or rattle for the first 2 - 3 minutes - First I thought it was a terrible exhaust leak, but finally figured it must have been lifter rattle since it went away -
Anyone know why this would have happened? The car has sat for longer periods of time w/ no lifter rattle on start up, and it has less than 4 miles on the oil change - so I thought it was strange.
Just curious as to cause.
Le Mans Master
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Trust me, we’ve all experienced this at one time or another. Seems like every other oil change it happens, where a lifter bleeds down, gets a pocket of air and won't fill back up with oil right away. Sometimes you have to rev it a bit to fill the lifter again. 
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Melting Slicks
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From: Rugby North Dakota
Originally Posted by Dan_the_C5_Man
Trust me, we’ve all experienced this at one time or another. Seems like every other oil change it happens, where a lifter bleeds down, gets a pocket of air and won't fill back up with oil right away. Sometimes you have to rev it a bit to fill the lifter again.
