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[omega3000]

.... but the tapping sound has not gone away yet  .....

How many miles have you done since adding it?

40 miles so far , ive not gave it any stick with the throttle through fear of causing more damage 

do another couple of hundred & then worry about it 

I guess my ears are tuned more to a softer sound from the v6 , cant smell nothing burning either which is always a good sign 

[Andy B]

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I guess my ears are tuned more to a softer sound from the v6 , cant smell nothing burning either which is always a good sign 

As said earlier, the 'tappets'/lifters are at the end of the oil's path, and the lifters change their oil very slowly so it takes a while for the treatment to actually get inside each lifter, let alone do its thing in there once it's in there.  Don't worry about it.

[omega3000]

This guy can waffle  Lifters although it gave me some understanding of how it works .

[TheBoy]

.... but the tapping sound has not gone away yet  .....

How many miles have you done since adding it?

40 miles so far , ive not gave it any stick with the throttle through fear of causing more damage 

Hmmmm, can't quite remember what speed mine got really grumpy when Kevin Wood, Glassback and I were calibrating the LPG. I remember it was on one of the foot-flat-to-floor-to-check-it-doesn't-go-lean runs.

I always meant to investigate it, but the problem just went away (I guess the lifters settled down).

[omega3000]

Still the same , no change at all in noise . Just have to live with it , its either going to go away or get worse and break  Bought some wynnes for backup , maybe another couple hundred miles will hopefully see it quiet 

[symes]

how many miles you done so far mate?

[omega3000]

how many miles you done so far mate?

50 miles mate , sounds horrible

[symes]

after 50 more mate should get quieter TBH

[omega3000]

after 50 more mate should get quieter TBH

Hope so , if not the last resort will be the wynns . Coming from the passenger side head , could whip the cam cover off and investigate when ive given up 

[omega1oon]

Is that 50 miles solid driving or short journey's as it will only get better with a long journey ?

[omega3000]

Is that 50 miles solid driving or short journey's as it will only get better with a long journey ?

Longest running constant journey has been 10 miles

[Webby the Bear]

Just thinking out loud.... I can't see why having stuck lifters/a stuck lifter should stop you from running it... and as suggested the more use it gets the more chance it has to burn off the crap.

I've noticed in this cold weather that mine makes a ticking on start up until warm. Then goes away. I've stuck some Wynns in. Hasn't made any difference. I've got an oil change due so will pop some fresh Wynns in with that.

However, again thinking out loud, that prob still won't sort it as we only do short journeys.

Defo going to give the old girl a big blast up north one of these days to see if that helps. also going to school and going to use their compression kit and leak down kit to see what sort of state the engine is in before i consider really spending any money on her

[omega3000]

Its just the sound of tapping metal parts thats a bit off putting , im going to take the car for a decent run tomorrow and see if anything changes . Like ive said before the car has bags of power and no other issues than what i have with tap tap tapping
If the valve lifter is full of crap i cant see any amount of additive shifting it so will need cleaning or replacement  What about an Italian tune up 

[henryd]

If its just the one littering I would give it some beans once the engine is properly warmed up.

Lifter, bloody predictive text

[martin42]

i will have to show you how to drive it properly then