Ticking noise and steering wheel vibrations

[drk mrk iv]

I am looking at getting a GSX and went to a dealership earlier on today. The car is in overall good shape except this ticking and vibration. I asked him about it and he said they just had the head reconditioned/rebuilt and didn't have time to drive it enough. He said it was normal for heads to click or tick for a few hundred miles after install of new head. Is this true? Or is the car fvcked.

 

[drk mrk iv]

bumpage

 

[giester2]

I'll tell you right now I am no expert on Mitsubishi's but I do have some fair knowledge of cars. The ticking may be the oil lifters. My Mazda 4 cyl has hydraulic lifters and when they were not working correctly they would make a ticking noise. I replaced them and the ticking went away

 

[spendone]

Yea agreed with above as long as thats the sound you are hearing. Lifters to tend to tick, and its something that can be replaced. I know a majority of us are still driving around with ticking lifters.

 

[drk mrk iv]

So it really isn't that big of a problem? It wont lead to anything much bigger? I plan on replacing the timing belt, and put new cams in. Might as well replace them while Im at it. So a relatively simple issue?

 

[94EclipseGST]

Lifter tick is a pain in the a$$ for almost all DSM owners. I lived with it for almost a year before finally replacing them with 3rd gen revised. It mostly happens to 1G, but also plagues 2G as well.

After you drive the car a bit, and it's warmed up, does it stop ticking?