Noisy Lifter Help
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Jeepaholic
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I personally wouldn't drive with that radiator...can't believe its not leaking!
94c2500
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Yeah, +1 on that.
Don't want the tap to progress into a Grand Cherokee overheat piston-slappin knock.
Man I wasn't expecting an overwhelming "yes change that out"! So that crack looks pretty bad from ya'll's experiences?
It does look bad. But I feel like if it was truly an issue, haha it would have been leaking by now!
Regardless though, yes a change is in order. I already have a new:
• Thermostat
• Thermostat gasket
And I'm not sure what else I need. My hoses really seem fine? You know at what point do I draw the line on replacing bits and pieces?
Thank you for ya'll's help!
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It does look bad. But I feel like if it was truly an issue, haha it would have been leaking by now!
Regardless though, yes a change is in order. I already have a new:
• Thermostat
• Thermostat gasket
And I'm not sure what else I need. My hoses really seem fine? You know at what point do I draw the line on replacing bits and pieces?
Thank you for ya'll's help!
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It'll leak on you at the least opportune moment, like when you are on a 1000 mile trip to Moab and your radiator starts leaking half way there in the desert of Nevada.
And you have to do this to make it the rest of the way...
And you have to do this to make it the rest of the way...
It got me the rest of the way to Moab. Picked up a new radiator when I got there.Wow! Man oh man! That's a real creative temporary fix though.
I have an old 70 Chevy pickup that I parked because of a lifter ticking. It set for nearly 3 years because I never seemed to have time to tear into the engine. Well I needed the truck, so I got it running again. Still had the tick of course. Took to a redneck friend of mine to see what he thought. He set there an listened a few minutes, then went and found a piece of garden hose, about 2 ft long. Started listening through it while running one end over the valve covers. Then he looked at me and laughed. Said it's not a lifter, told me to go and buy some new exhaust manifold gaskets. It's amazing how an exhaust leak can sound like a lifter ticking!!
As far as the radiator, I would change it! My radiator had an inch stress crack, never seen any liquid, but could smell antifreeze. Went to work one morning and didn't make it! It blew open and had antifreeze everywhere! It didn't look nowhere near as bad as yours!!
Man, shit, any my coolant reservoir has been mysteriously lower than the last time I filled it up...
Haha ya'll have me scared now! I'll be replacing it, probably with a new exhaust manifold too. This is what it sounded like this morning:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=NW0xRkdWQ2RJZjA4LTl3VkdnT0V3eXdwcUZZRGl3
I asked a fellow colleague, who is an ASE mechanic, and he also said it sounded like an exhaust leak..
Jack Aldrich
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Several years ago, my neighbor had a really bad ticking in his amc eagle, we were almost ready to rebuild it, talked to an old mechanic who had lots of experience with the straight six amc engines, he recommended before taking it apart to run the engine on high idle and then pour rislone into the carb until it kills the engine, let it set for about 1/2 an hour, then start it back, the ticking went away completely, wound up being a carbon knock and no a lifter at all. He also said you could do the same thing with water, just not on too hot of an engine. I was completely shocked that it wasn't something much more serious.
Jack Aldrich
New Member
Guess thats what they mean when they say drive it fast to blow the carbon out of it lol
I am indeed going to replace the gasket at the very least; i'm tempted to order a brand new exhaust header too and just replace it while I am under the hood. Will definitely post a write up once I do this!
However...I CANNOT for the life of me find a normal OEM style 2002 exhaust header that is not $600. All of the ones that I find are $200 and chrome or cheap shit. Any ideas?
Thank ya'll for the help!
I'm so confused, this is what I am finding on all the auto stores' websites for a 4.0 Jeep TJ:
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p...PMxXkKQw+TsePXC/fzPSaggpG3mwJdBlJQfEDMZGvKcw#
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p...EXwLhDkSOpmz1KqndMRN5Eu6Iz04UKcmFI9KPjvUhl5gp
I don't know why they are in two pieces. The header should look like this:
Any help, fellow Jeepers?
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p...PMxXkKQw+TsePXC/fzPSaggpG3mwJdBlJQfEDMZGvKcw#
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p...EXwLhDkSOpmz1KqndMRN5Eu6Iz04UKcmFI9KPjvUhl5gp
I don't know why they are in two pieces. The header should look like this:
Any help, fellow Jeepers?
The 1999 and up had two-peice cast iron exhaust headers. Like those shown in this Cherokee forum post.
You can find them for a bit under $200 a piece so it'd be nice to know which (if any) were the problem before you ordered.
P.S. You can get after-market one piece units like the Gale Banks Engineering 51306 TorqueTubes® but they're like $500.
You can find them for a bit under $200 a piece so it'd be nice to know which (if any) were the problem before you ordered.
P.S. You can get after-market one piece units like the Gale Banks Engineering 51306 TorqueTubes® but they're like $500.
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