Originally Posted by Bundu

Interesting thread above. They say liners can't slip down, but nothing about them slipping UP. Mine slipped up and banged a big O in the head and cut away the fire ring in the hg. In the process it pounded part of the bottom ridge away, actually it slowly peeled the bottom away and there is a bigger ridge or lip at the bottom than on the other cylinders. All in all there was about 1/4" movement between the head at the top and the ridge at the bottom. I must add that the engine sounded like a jack hammer when running, it was very clear that something was banging away inside.

Originally Posted by disc oh no

My '03 developed a tick after about three days of ownership. Now... what I figured was that the people I bought it from must have just changed the oil with something like 15w-40 or 20w-50 or some lucas additive or some other kind of thick oil to cover up the tick. I ran premium fuel in it, changed the oil a few times, etc. nothing worked. I drove it with that tick for about a month or so. After the first time it ticked it got more and more frequent to the point where every time it was warmed up it ticked until I shut it off and let it cool back down.
I finished all the other work on the truck, got it running great and let my wife start driving it. I drive it once in a while but it's basically my wife's daily driver. My wife, not being used to driving the truck filled the gas the other day with regular unleaded. Realized it after doing this and asked me if it was a big deal or not. I told her no, just run it out a little and add some super it'll be fine. Before we got that far the tick stopped... just stopped. period.
Here's the deal, if I run super, two or three days later.... tick comes back.
Run regular... two or three days later tick goes away and doesn't come back until I run super again.
........Any Suggestions???
I guess this is how to get rid of that pesky tick!!!

Originally Posted by disc oh no

WOW!!! A quarter inch of movement!!! Do you have any idea how long it was banging around in there to get that much movement? I mean, did it tick or knock for a long time or did it happen quick and just make a ton of noise immediately? I pictured them moving about a few thou. of an inch, 1/4 inch seems outrageous... Also, was it just the one cylinder this happened to or more than one?

Originally Posted by rbr651

dumb or not i bought a warranty with mine 3yr 36000 on the drivetrain, got my fingers crossed for throwing a driveshaft into the tranny and a bad oil pump...