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Thanks all.

Do I need to remove the belts to take the oil pump off as I will put a kit through that as well.

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Hi all My faithful sportswagon started to make a strange rattle today. I turned the engine off, restarted and it went away.I drove about 7km stopping a couple of times, then just as I got home it started again. I opened the hood and I think the noise is the main fan rubbing against the plastic cover...

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Apart from the cam belt covers, what else do I need to take off to do this, also do I need to loosen the main crank bolt ?

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Hi all. My sports wagon has the dredded tappet rattle, but this 1 seems a bit strange. It has 347,000 on the clock,but I think the engine might have been out at some time as it uses no water and has no oil leaks. burns no oil. I change the oil and filter 4 times a year. Prob overkill. starts and run...

Hi All Just wondering how thick an oil people think I can safely run in an old L series? could I run 40/70 or is it likley to cause damage? The lifter noise is really getting to my and anybody who comes within 100 meters of the car. I have run an oil flush, the engine has no oil leaks and runs very ...

Did mine after snapping the key easy. Use an angle grinder fast too

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Does anybody know of any good mechanics who know EA82 motors?

I am in the inner west.

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RTF

I tried the Nulon lifter free, but a trade use only 1 and ran it for 600km then new oil and filter, still the same ?
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Thanks guys, The rattle comes and goes, seems to be no pattern thats what made me think oil pump. most of the time it is real loud then all of a sudden I get in the car and it purs like a dream. Even on long freeways runs for a couple of hours, if it is going to rattle it will just keep on rattling ...

I want to do the seals in the oil pump on my 93 sportswagon to see if this is the cause of the really bad tappet noise. Can anybody please tell me what I need to remove to do it. Do I need to drop the motor? Or remove the radiator? Or is there enough room to just take it out with the motor and radia...

My EA82 had real loud lifters, the car had sat in the yard for about 6 months then when I started to drive it the lifter noise was so loud I almost had to wear ear plugs. So I changed the oil and filter bur ran 10w30 for some reason and added a can of Nulon lifter stuff, but not the off the shelf pr...

Thanks Andrew.
I just changed the plugs from another l series and leads, still the same Itomorrow Ill get a timing light and check it thanks again

I forgot to mention Andrew, the plugs have been in there for years.

I took the plugs out and they were sparking (against the block), Is it still worth changing them?

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Hi All my trusty 93 L series is running on 2 cylinders only. The car has 235,000km and is quite well looked after, I change the oil and filter every 3 months, and flush the cooling system twice a year. The carb was fully rebuilt last year so i do not think this is the problem. The auto choke has nev...