I think I collapsed a lifter.
#1
05-05-2018, 08:04 AM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Missouri
Posts: 3,402
I think I collapsed a lifter.
Hey everyone. I was driving to work yesterday and got the car up to about 4500rpm and like a light switch flipped, it started ticking very loudly. I took the valve cover off at work and discovered this. I was able to pull the pushrod out and it’s straight as an arrow. Anyone else think it’s a collapsed lifter?
#2
05-05-2018, 01:22 PM
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: The 'Burbs of Chicago
Posts: 18,306
With the push rod out, look down with a flashlight and see if you can tell if the lifter plunger is stuck down. Could also be the rocker stud pulling out, you'd be able to see a gap between the stud base and the head.
#3
05-05-2018, 03:47 PM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Missouri
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I looked at the top of the lifter where the pushrod goes and couldn’t tell if the plunger was down or not. I’ll have to remove the intake to check it. Also, I haven’t checked the rocker stud. I’ll check those things when I get off work tonight! Thanks!!
#4
05-05-2018, 04:09 PM
Rocker nut looks tight. I'd check the stud and I'd check the rocker and see if the hole is excessively worn at all
#5
05-05-2018, 10:23 PM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Missouri
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Well. Bad news. The roller broke out of the bottom of the lifter and scattered all over the beside of the engine. There’s little fragments of metal all over under the intake. I can’t get the lifter out of the engine because it’s broke a ton the bottom and won’t slide out the top due to the damage. Idk what to do at this point.
#7
05-06-2018, 03:58 PM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Missouri
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Yeah I’d bet the cam is trashed. Just trying to figure out if the metal isn’t scattered through the engine hurt the bearing or if I could swap a cam and lifters and be okay. The hard part is getting the lifter out at this point.
#9
05-06-2018, 05:40 PM
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Tokeland, Washington
Posts: 21,645
jegs 2100 bucks for short block. you got metal everywhere, dont take long to get around and you dont want to put effort and money into it and have it blow 3k down the line. if that lifter is mushroomed then your gona have to get the engine out and apart to see if you can get lifter out and if any damage has been done to block.
#10
05-06-2018, 05:43 PM
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Tokeland, Washington
Posts: 21,645
pull the filter and open it up, open the pleats in the filther and see if you got metal. if the lifter shattered the pieces may have stayed local, not sure i would depend on it though.