5-10s in the morning is nothing, It takes a good 5mins to let an engine warm up anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by NOM4D thinner oil . lifter cleaner. i think most vls do it .. they are 20 years old after all lol myne does it and it was fully rebuilt 5 years ago lol *Puts up hand* Yep mine also done it too. lol Fixed it though. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Thanx for that Tip Nick - Hows things- Shoot a Pm across when u get a chance

hmmmm... im currently using magnatec and a liter of lucas oil treatment, my last oil change there was enough metallic particles ill need to get a solid blue add them and ill have a metallic for my car lol

mines does this in the morning aswell and just did an oil change using oil flush and new oil filter. oil I used was penzoil street racing oil, think it was 20w/50 still does it abit but not as much....

if your all complaining of 5 or so seconds i guess i should be worried mine will tick in the mornings it comes and goes wile its ideling i normally let it sit for 3 or 4 mins in the morning then drive and the lifters tick wilst driving and reving for a good 3 or 4 mins of driving then there gone untill the engine goes cold again apart from the lifters the rest of the engine is fantastic so i dont really know weather to get a new engine or just a reco head cheers elliot

just get new lifters mate, not hard to replace either..

i helped a mate replace them, couple months l8r they were ****ing up all over again guess there was still crud in the engine or the wrong oil not really gunna bother with them just yet they still work there just noisy cheers elliot

twitch switch to a thicker oil and it should clear it right up if it isn't too bad, don't bother changing the lifters, good genuine ones are hard to find, and aftermarket ones are ****house they start ticking terribly very soon.

dont put a cam in your car then. ive gone through 2 sets of aftermarket ones and then put in genuine ones didnt have a problem after that. Mine ticks on startup all the time, its because the oil has to fill up the lifter again cause of the harder valve springs i use. But recently i got low on oil so i had to use some cheaper sh!t to top it up instead of the ELF one i was using (cause i ran out) and now they tick all the time even when driving. Have to stick some linisher in it agaiin and decent oil and it should solve the problem once my cars back on the road. So dont worry its normal.