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anybody had problems with the lifters in your engine? do u think if i just drained a quart of oil then put tranny fluid in it, drove it for 500 miles then changed my oil it'd be ok. or do i need to replace them? if so how

 
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We don't have lifters in our engine.... We have rocker arms. Two different things. Don't put tranny fluid in your oil.

What problem are you having?

 
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ok. sorry. but tranny fluid is thick enough that it'll lube it up so it stops grinding or w/e that noise is

 
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What noise? You're saying you're getting a grinding noise coming from the rockers and/or cam? You need to pull the VC now and see what's going on. Dumping a bottle of whatever into the oil is not the solution here.

 
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it's going to postpone it til i get money to get someone to adjust my lifters. btw there is lifters in my engine. the lifters lift the rods, the rods push the valve, and the rocker arms are on the other side of the valve.. figured i'd clear that up ;p

 
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All right then, I'll bite. Looking at your profile you have a 1996 Civic EX, which should have a D16Y8 which does NOT have lifters.

What engine do you have if it's not the Y8? Every Honda engine that I've ever worked on (SOHCs from 86 thru my 2003) didn't have lifters. The only thing moving the valves is the cam via the rockers. The lobes on the cam are in contact with the rollers on the rocker arms which in turn push the valve down and then allow it to come back up, because of the valve spring.

Figured I'd clear that up.

Are you talking about adjusting your valve lash? Don't argue with me that your engine has lifters if you're going to pay someone to do your valve lash.

 
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hes got a pushrod domestic motor...

this isnt the forum for you. please dont make posts that are not relavent to the honda civic.

 
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If you do, then clarify that you're running something other than a Civic. This is civicforums.com after all.

 
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lol its a d16y8 .. i had someone that graduated 4th in his class from wyotech tell me that it was specifically my lifters that are going bad

 
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ran a computer test. it was a broken valve spring. :P