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  • evil_twin
    R3VLimited
    • Nov 2007
    • 2965
    #16
    Originally posted by bostonbmw
    I dont know why everyone is obsessed with putting 15-50 in their engines when BMW BMW Longlife 01 = 0w-40 I have no lifter nosie what so ever running mobile one 0w-40
    +1, but I run 10w-40 Amsoil European Formula.
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      • Yage30
        Member
        • May 2009
        • 70
        #17
        I run 15w-50 because my autoparts store stocks it.
        Originally posted by Bene
        my eta is making a kind of high pitched bird-like sound, like a bunch of retarded cockatiels nesting in the intake manifold.

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          • lifeiskaos
            E30 Mastermind
            • Dec 2007
            • 1709
            #18
            when customers come in for late maintenance, at our bmw dealership, a quart of ATF fluid is ALWAYS used in an engine flush. it's run for 10-15 minutes, then drained and filled with normal oil.

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              • Liam
                Mod Crazy
                • Mar 2009
                • 753
                #19
                Originally posted by lifeiskaos
                when customers come in for late maintenance, at our bmw dealership, a quart of ATF fluid is ALWAYS used in an engine flush. it's run for 10-15 minutes, then drained and filled with normal oil.
                ATF works well as a flush.

                But there is this stuff made by BG (Petrospecs) called "109" it's the shit.
                I'm Not Right in the Head | Random Rants and other Nonsense1st Order Logic Failure: Association fallacy, this type of fallacy can be expressed as (∃x ∈ S : φ(x)) → (∀x ∈ S : φ(x)), meaning "if there exists any x in the set S so that a property φ is true for x, then for all x in S the property φ must be true".

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                  • erik325i
                    No R3VLimiter
                    • Jan 2005
                    • 3567
                    #20
                    Originally posted by vivalegreg
                    why the fuck would you fun atf in your car. try using thinner oil like 0w50

                    helped my vr4s lifter issue...
                    You are only supposed to run the ATF for a short period of time to clean up the engine, then you flush it out. I would never leave the ATF in the engine between oil changes like one guy said above. I'd wait no longer than a day to flush it out.

                    Erik

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                      • pedal2metal
                        Member
                        • Jun 2007
                        • 93
                        #21
                        Lifters may only be a contributing factor to your ticking woes. I would suggest replacing all lifters and camshaft bearing ledges (that's the part that the cams sit in and the lifters ride up and down in). On higher mileage engines w/ less frequent oil changes scoring can usually be seen on the lifter side surfaces and the bearing ledge bores. Often times during cold starts or low engine r.p.m.s the lifter (for lack of a better word) tilts a little bit in its bore causing the noise you are referring to. I n severe cases it will actually cause a misfire during cold starts as the lifter sticks in its bore.
                        Just my 10 cents from experience.

                        On another note, if you decide to do as I stated, take a good look at both camshaft bearing surfaces for scoring. Maybe it's a good time to install some bitchin' cams.

                        Oh, and don;t forget to use plenty of assembly lube. I recommend Redline assembly lube. http://www.redlineoil.com/products_c...ubCategoryID=7

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