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Originally Posted by TonytheTiger
Yes dude i was told that by my friend when i called him, The there is somthing wrong with the oil it doesn't get through right when i turn it on and it does a tapping and even faster when i rev it, but when the engine is warm is slowly goes away it only does this when the engine is cool 1st thing in the morning kind of cool, this doesn't go away for at least 5 minutes into driving it and its pissing me off My buddy said to get some thicker oil becuase the 10w-30 is not thick enough and is discharges faster out of the block in other words it settles down to easy, soi got some 20w-50 oil like he said and it helped a little bit but thats just covering the problem, the local deal will take an arm and a leg, ok maybe just an arm, to fix it up. Any good ideas?
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how cold is it in AZ? what kind of oil are you using? you've got the 3.8 right?
can you locate whether it is ticking thru all your rockers or just on one side or just one in general? you might have to readjust the rockers as well as running some detergent (such as seafoam) thru the motor to break up some of the grime that is potentially clogging your pushrods. at the very worst, you have a lifter that is on its way out the door, but the fact that the sound is diminishing once the motor is warm leads me to believe that isnt the problem (yet). my truck does the same thing in the mornings or at night when its cold out. and basically, ive had to factor in an additional 5-10 minutes before I go anywhere to fire up the truck and let it warm up before driving it.