Bad lifter, or sludge buildup?

**subiesmakemerallyhard** · 06-20-2012

there's a subtle tick i can hear while my cars running. Sounds to me like a bad lifter, or maybe there's some sludge buildup around a valve. But someone told me that they had the same problem, but in a Cadillac motor. He changed the oil, added some transmission fluid to the oil; ran it at idle for a bit, and drained the oil mix out then added fresh. Has anyone tried this, or heard of this method to clean out gunk in their motors?

**IGOTASUBARU** · 06-20-2012

Run Amsoil ASAP!

**subiesmakemerallyhard** · 06-22-2012

thanks for the insight!

**subiesmakemerallyhard** · 06-24-2012

none yet, it seems to run better with an oil change, so what oils do you guys run? i hear AMS oil and Mobile1 synthetic are good places to start

**IGOTASUBARU** · 06-24-2012

Originally Posted by 07sleeperwagon

none yet, it seems to run better with an oil change, so what oils do you guys run? i hear AMS oil and Mobile1 synthetic are good places to start

Amsoil. I'm also a dealer.

**subiesmakemerallyhard** · 06-25-2012

i wish i could afford to do a change every 4,500miles or so, which would be once a month for my countless hours of driving. what about a good oil filter? OEM?