tapping lifters, seafoam?

[laack]

94 civic dx 207xxx. I bought it a couple months ago used for a great price. It has been ticking since i purchased it, but goes away quickly after the engine warms up. I adjusted the lifters which made an improvement but it is still ticking for the first couple minutes after a cold start. for what its worth, i have put about 2000 since i bought it and have been using castrol high milage 5w30. would a conditioner like seafoam help prolong the engine life or fix the tapping lifter? are there any risks of seafoam? feel free to ask for more details.

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[lowlife9]

i wouldn't use seafoam on a older high mileage engine i have heard of people getting leaky seals.

[gearbox]

if anything seafoam would make things alot worse. tapping isnt bad, if you adjusted everything already then leave it like that. wont hurt anything.

[Cleft_Asunder]

Originally Posted by lowlife9

i wouldn't use seafoam on a older high mileage engine i have heard of people getting leaky seals.

I wouldn't use it at all. Why would you need it?

[Cleft_Asunder]

Originally Posted by gearbox

if anything seafoam would make things alot worse. tapping isnt bad, if you adjusted everything already then leave it like that. wont hurt anything.

Mine ticks as well. Engine runs fine. *shrug*

[laack]

good enough.. the tapping is just irritating.

[sl33pyriceboi]

seafoam is great, especially the newer formula they have, it doesnt clog up ur o2 sensors or anything, all it does is clean the carbon depsoits n such. and mileage doesnt matter with seafoam. i do it ever 30k