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<blockquote data-quote="gier" data-source="post: 2758" data-attributes="member: 1040"><p>Guys,Recently my '97 328 started making the infamous tick-tick sound. I just did a search on this very forum on hydraulic lifters and have read many conflicting accounts. Anyhow, my lump seems to not make the tick-tick when it's cold (or at least it's quiet enough that I can't normally hear it). The noise is very pronounced when the weather is hot and the engine's hot, especially after running it at ~120-140 kmh for +20 minutes or so (rushing from PJ to Cyberjaya on the KLIA highway). At that point, I would say that the engine sounds like a diesel.Further, I seem to have lost power. The torque is no more. I just got blasted by an EK9 on the way to work this morning -- which prompted me to go and see the sifu at Bavarian Auto Works Kayu Ara.Conversation went like this (after opening up the bonnet and letting him listen to the engine):Me: Ini bunyi tak kuat. Kalau panas lagi kuatSifu: Ini lifter problem. 24 mau kasi tukarMe: Berapa juta kena?Sifu: Tak ada juta. 2 ribu itu macam. 1 lebih kalau pakai murah punyaMe: So, you rasa itu lifter la?Sifu: Saya tak rasa. Saya tau.Anyhow, I took the car back since I can't afford the time to leave it at the shop for a couple of days (more meetings in Cyberjaya).Reason I'm posting this is because (without listening to the lump) I was wondering is the experts here would have a counter opinion. Further, this morning, got a warning that the coolant level is low -- which leads me to suspect that there might be something else apart from the lifters. The sifu at Bavarian Auto Works is pretty damned confident and says that the coolant/radiator this is another problem altogether.So, in short, my car seems to have lost power/compression, sounds like a diesel especially when hot (more teng-teng-teng than tick-tick-tick). Could it be the lifters?Could it be that one of the plugs is not firing? Air in radiator making the engine run hotter than normal?gier</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gier, post: 2758, member: 1040"] Guys,Recently my '97 328 started making the infamous tick-tick sound. I just did a search on this very forum on hydraulic lifters and have read many conflicting accounts. Anyhow, my lump seems to not make the tick-tick when it's cold (or at least it's quiet enough that I can't normally hear it). The noise is very pronounced when the weather is hot and the engine's hot, especially after running it at ~120-140 kmh for +20 minutes or so (rushing from PJ to Cyberjaya on the KLIA highway). At that point, I would say that the engine sounds like a diesel.Further, I seem to have lost power. The torque is no more. I just got blasted by an EK9 on the way to work this morning -- which prompted me to go and see the sifu at Bavarian Auto Works Kayu Ara.Conversation went like this (after opening up the bonnet and letting him listen to the engine):Me: Ini bunyi tak kuat. Kalau panas lagi kuatSifu: Ini lifter problem. 24 mau kasi tukarMe: Berapa juta kena?Sifu: Tak ada juta. 2 ribu itu macam. 1 lebih kalau pakai murah punyaMe: So, you rasa itu lifter la?Sifu: Saya tak rasa. Saya tau.Anyhow, I took the car back since I can't afford the time to leave it at the shop for a couple of days (more meetings in Cyberjaya).Reason I'm posting this is because (without listening to the lump) I was wondering is the experts here would have a counter opinion. Further, this morning, got a warning that the coolant level is low -- which leads me to suspect that there might be something else apart from the lifters. The sifu at Bavarian Auto Works is pretty damned confident and says that the coolant/radiator this is another problem altogether.So, in short, my car seems to have lost power/compression, sounds like a diesel especially when hot (more teng-teng-teng than tick-tick-tick). Could it be the lifters?Could it be that one of the plugs is not firing? Air in radiator making the engine run hotter than normal?gier [/QUOTE]
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