Valves Chatter Bad At Start Up!
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Valves Chatter Bad At Start Up!
I Just Bought A 1999 Ford Ex. Xlt 59k On It. Over The Last Week Since We Bought It When You Start It The Valves Rattle Bad, Not Just A Little. But It Only Last For Say .5 To 1.5 Secs. It Reminds Me Of When I Used To Drive A Old Gm Back In College With Hydralic Lifters And Ran It Out Of Oil. The Dealer I Bought It From Shows They Just Did An Oil Change But The Oil On The Dip Stick Looks Like It Has About 1000 Miles On It And Looks To Be Extremly Light Weight. A Guy At The Autoparts Store Told Me Tonight The Oil They Put In At The Dealer Could Be To Thin. My Question Is Would This Be The Case Or Is There A Bigger Problem Happening. I Have A 30 Day Powertrain Warrenty So If This Is A Bigger Problem I Need To Have Them Look At It Soon. If This Is A Normal Sound From The 4.0 Someone Just Let Me So It Can Just Bug Me And Not Worry Me.
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It only lasts for a few micro seconds. It wont do it if the car sits for less than an hour. Is this possibly the timing chain recall thing I have reading about because the other day driving it it sounded like a small diesel engine. As for when I bought it, it only did it the first time I started it. It didnt do it when we took it out a couple of days later. I wrote it off the first time because I assumed it had been sitting for a while. If there is something more going on here I need to know I only have a 30day/3000mile warranty.
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