Ticking Noise, Need Help!!!

[diazsdsm]

Hello to everyone

I recently purchased a 97GS with the 2.0 motor, and there is a ticking noise coming from the head, I found this website the other day and most of you say that this is lifter tick, yet I cannot seem to find a thread on the site that is specifically dedicated to how to address this problem or what I can do to remedy it. I use Pennzoil Synthetic 5W-30. In the mornings when it is still cool outside it is the loudest but seems to die down as I drive the car and the engine gets up to operating temperature. Do I have to live with this noise, or Is there a way that I can get rid of it or at least make it quieter. Any input that you all can offer is greatly appreciated. Also are there any threads that give good advice on how to go about upgrading the 2.0. I would like to eventually convert to a turbo or add one but that will be a little ways down the road before I can afford that, right now I would like to just get the 2.0 running nicely.

 

[Dreamneos]

http://www.vfaq.com/mods/lifters.html That should be all ya need really. Mine ticks like crazy, but I can't decide if I should clean the old ones or just replace them. I think it would be a lot more effective to just replace them though (but its not the cheapest thing in the world)

 

[dogpoop]

All I can say is "welcome to the club." I've got a 97 (420a) as well and the ticking started around 30K. I'm now over 100K and the tick is as apparent as ever. I have found that Mobil One synthetic seems to keep the lifters a lot quieter than dino oil.
The upside is my engine still runs fine in spite of the ticking.

 

[dogpoop]

http://www.vfaq.com/mods/lifters.html That should be all ya need really.QUOTE]

I may be wrong, but I think that vfaq refers to 1g engines. The 420a head found in the 97GS is 2g and is different enough that the technique shown in the vfar.com/mods/lifters.htm won't work on the 420a.

 

[Dreamneos]

heh...really? Glad you told me before I tried...So what would be different for say a 2G GST?

 

[dogpoop]

heh...really? Glad you told me before I tried...So what would be different for say a 2G GST?

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the 2GST engine.

 

[ohio98eclipse]

if its a 2gst motor it should be the safe pretty much as the 1g motor most of the parts were the same.

 

[95TSiNewbie]

Unless you have $150+ to spend on lifters..... i'd say live with the lifter tick. It doesn't harm performance at all, its just annoying.... if you let the oil warm up it will stop ticking.

 

[SpeedFreak03]

OK the 1G and 2G turbo engines are essentially the same (1G non-turbo motors are similar), but 2G N/A motors are made by chrysler, not mitsubishi, so revised MITSU lifters wont work on a chrysler 420A engine. The engine in your 2G GST is a 4G63 7-bolt, pretty similar to the 1G turbo engine. The revised lifters will work for you, but it wont work for the N/A.

 

[Dreamneos]

ah, that clears it up...I was just unaware that the 420a was so different...guess I shouldn't have posted so quickly