Noisy lifter at start up

[greenpigs]

You don't mess with the Zohan! No way I would have attempted to correct Ron. I thought the same as the rest of you but figured he was right anyways.

[Ghoste]

I have to question everything, it's part of my responsability as resident skeptic.

[FLG]

I have to question everything, it's part of my responsability as resident skeptic.

I get it now Ron, thanks for the clarification!

Ghoste...when its late at night and i see 100 new posts go up with odd questions...before i even click on it i say "Ghost asked this" 99% of the time im correct..LOL!

[Ghoste]

Hmm, I'm kinda thinking that's probably a bad thing.

[FLG]

Hmm, I'm kinda thinking that's probably a bad thing.

Nah, i enjoy reading the questions. Some are quite interesting.

[flyinlow]

The perfect oil would be a 0W-50 synthetic with lots of zinc for our cams. IMO. I use 10W-40 Mobil 1 + comp cam lube.

Flows like a 0W  weight at cold temp ( 0* F. )

Flows like a 50 weight at hot temp ( 225*F)

The W in the first part stands for winter weight.

I have read about filters with better anti drain back valves helping with lifter noise on cold starts. I started using Mobil 1 filters with a silicone anti drain back valve . Seam to help. Don't use Fram anymore.

[oldrock]

thats good info to know on the oil filter. We have been using fram ones so maybe we should go for a better oil filter. Is the mobil 1 filter the only one that has the better valves in it or do others have it also?

[flyinlow]

K&N and a few others. Will try to find the link.

[Paul G]

I have read several oil filter study's in the past. Fram usually turns out at the bottom. Lots of adveritising for a crap product. Surprisingly the low $$ walmart house brand comes out as a pretty good filter. I am just afraid to use a $3 filter. Maybe if Walmart charged more$.

[Paul G]

I dug up this article   http://vmaxoutlaw.com/main.html  from when I had a V-Max (one wild ride!) . This guy is a retired chemist and did a little study of his own on motorcycle oils and filters. He basically says ZDDP is missing in automotive oils, etc. He also lists oil filters by quality. In his opinion, Mobil 1, Napa, Bosch, Purolator, are at the top of his lists, Fram, STP, are at the bottom. Take it for what you want but I stopped using Fram. I went to Bosch filters in all my vehicles.

[Silver R/T]

my son's 72 charger sometimes does the ticking sound on start up too. It always goes away after just a few minutes so didn't think anything of it. Is that really a problem to have it tick a little on startup? We use valvoline multi weight 15-40.

Isn't that too thick? I run that in my diesel truck. I run 10w30 in my Charger right now, no problems.

[Silver R/T]

The perfect oil would be a 0W-50 synthetic with lots of zinc for our cams. IMO. I use 10W-40 Mobil 1 + comp cam lube.

Flows like a 0W  weight at cold temp ( 0* F. )

Flows like a 50 weight at hot temp ( 225*F)

The W in the first part stands for winter weight.

I have read about filters with better anti drain back valves helping with lifter noise on cold starts. I started using Mobil 1 filters with a silicone anti drain back valve . Seam to help. Don't use Fram anymore.

Good point, I used to run fram before I knew better. I noticed there's no lifter noise on my cars when I use higher quality filter ie Napa Gold or at least napa select

[oldrock]

learned something new there. No more fram filters for me. I will switch to bosch too since they are really not alot more money than frams and got better ratings.

[firefighter3931]

Napa "Gold" is a quality oil filter...that's all i use. Made by Wix 

Not a fan of Fram filters 


Ron