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Originally Posted by JonEQuest
I have a loud constant lifter tick. so I am sure one is stuck and I REALLY don't want to spend 18 hours of my life and several hundred in tools and parts. I was wondering if I remove the valve cover would I have enough access to spray some carb cleaner or maybe a full syringe of lacquer thinner down into the lifter and let it soak in to free it up? Once freed I am sure it would clean out since unlike the last owner I plan to do frequent oil changes in this car. When I bought it the engine oil was very black and about 2.5 quarts low. The poor car only has 75,000 miles. Of course I know that if I spray anything foreign into the lifters I would need to flush the area with fresh oil then drain and change all my oil, maybe even twice after running the car for a few minutes on the new oil.
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I would use Liquid Moly oil sludge flush. There are really positive reviews on that stuff.