Well these things never end. My brother decided to have the same guy that adjusted my lifters change his intake manifold gasket, and it was a nightmare. First off he suposedly changed a hose that was leaking.
Apparently he thought this was it, and he probably thought that he would charge him 300 bucks for this. Then when he started the car back up later on in the day and noticed it leaking he had to rush to get it done. And left the engine compartment completely filhy. The reason we think this is because, he said he could do the car in one day. It took three days. Pictures will be uploaded later... Well once he finally changed the gasket he started it up and, he said it was making noises. He also told my brother that "There is a lot of sludge in that motor", and it looks like he dont change oil in the car.
So then he added oil, and started it up and the noises were better. So he then thought he could put tranny fluid in with the oil to clean and loosen up the lifters, and whatever was "gumy" inside the motor. The lifters were ticking so he dumped some tranny fluid down the crank. Well when that didn't fix anything...what suprise... he took the flywheel cover off thinking something could be amiss down there. Well coincedentally when we got it home it was about a quart and a half over full hmm... and looked black, with a foul smell.
He did have some low end noise, it sounded like bearing knock, but wasn't as loud as when my car threw the bearings. We changed the oil and dumped two quarts of SAE 40 down the crank with the drain plug out to try to lubricate the bearings and clean out the tranny fluid.
He filled up with Castrol Syntec 10w30. The bearing noise is gone, but under driving conditions and at in park at about 2 grand the lifters are clattering like mad. Can these be adjusted or is he SOL and going to have to get new ones?
I just love this guy and really regret taking my car to him after he told my brother "yeah that motor came out of a truck and isn't the right motor" People like this I think should have their hands cut off and not be able to work on cars ever again in there life.
Any suggestions? I told him to change the oil again in about 50-75 miles, and see if that helps the lifter clatter. Anything other then that I am out of ideas. I am sure we could adjust them/and put new ones in, but how much work is that?
The car just went down to Bowling Green, and back with no problem. The engine made no noises, and was very strong. He changes oil, all the time, and runs good oil. What can we do. Oh by the way the car has good oil pressure.
Apparently he thought this was it, and he probably thought that he would charge him 300 bucks for this. Then when he started the car back up later on in the day and noticed it leaking he had to rush to get it done. And left the engine compartment completely filhy. The reason we think this is because, he said he could do the car in one day. It took three days. Pictures will be uploaded later... Well once he finally changed the gasket he started it up and, he said it was making noises. He also told my brother that "There is a lot of sludge in that motor", and it looks like he dont change oil in the car.
So then he added oil, and started it up and the noises were better. So he then thought he could put tranny fluid in with the oil to clean and loosen up the lifters, and whatever was "gumy" inside the motor. The lifters were ticking so he dumped some tranny fluid down the crank. Well when that didn't fix anything...what suprise... he took the flywheel cover off thinking something could be amiss down there. Well coincedentally when we got it home it was about a quart and a half over full hmm... and looked black, with a foul smell.
He did have some low end noise, it sounded like bearing knock, but wasn't as loud as when my car threw the bearings. We changed the oil and dumped two quarts of SAE 40 down the crank with the drain plug out to try to lubricate the bearings and clean out the tranny fluid.
He filled up with Castrol Syntec 10w30. The bearing noise is gone, but under driving conditions and at in park at about 2 grand the lifters are clattering like mad. Can these be adjusted or is he SOL and going to have to get new ones?
I just love this guy and really regret taking my car to him after he told my brother "yeah that motor came out of a truck and isn't the right motor" People like this I think should have their hands cut off and not be able to work on cars ever again in there life.
Any suggestions? I told him to change the oil again in about 50-75 miles, and see if that helps the lifter clatter. Anything other then that I am out of ideas. I am sure we could adjust them/and put new ones in, but how much work is that?
The car just went down to Bowling Green, and back with no problem. The engine made no noises, and was very strong. He changes oil, all the time, and runs good oil. What can we do. Oh by the way the car has good oil pressure.
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