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    it sounds like lifter tap

    when i floor my car it sounds like the lifters are tapping but i know it can't be because it dohc so what could it be?
    02 msp clone gone but will never be forgotten

    #2
    Originally posted by mazdaspeedemon
    when i floor my car it sounds like the lifters are tapping but i know it can't be because it dohc so what could it be?
    why cant the lifters be tapping in a dohc motor? you say it only happens under hard accel? sounds like pinging to me. how many miles on your motor? what kind of gas do you run? ever had a decarbonization done to it?
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      #3
      Originally posted by escortkid
      why cant the lifters be tapping in a dohc motor? you say it only happens under hard accel? sounds like pinging to me. how many miles on your motor? what kind of gas do you run? ever had a decarbonization done to it?
      yes only when i floor it
      54,000mi on it
      i run 87 octain
      no i've never had a decarbonization done and what is it?
      02 msp clone gone but will never be forgotten

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