Fixing the Miata lifter tick

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Fixing the Miata lifter tick

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Күн бұрын

In this video, we replace the hydraulic lifters in the NA Miata in order to try to quiet the idle down. Upon removing the lifters we found several that appeared to have undue wear. We prepared and primed the new lifters and installed them as well as doing an oil change. Moving from 10w30 Penzoil to 5w40 Motul also helped keep the valve train quieter after extended driving and to quiet sooner after a cold start.

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@PTSOPHOTO 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I need to do this to my '93 when I take it back out this spring. The lifters were seeing their end days before I stored it for this winter😂

@Bubbaj226 8 ай бұрын

Why not do it during the winter? It is better to do maintenance during planned downtime than during up time

@larrytucker6377 3 жыл бұрын

Great video guys, love the graphics and sound effects.

@timothymartell5112 2 жыл бұрын

Just what I was looking for, thanks guys

@eddybernardo3359 2 күн бұрын

what you did you do to keep your timing belt on while taking off the camshafts?? did you not remove the bottom pulley either??

@AmbiVe 2 күн бұрын

Usually I just use zip ties or something to keep the belt teeth in the same place, then verify nothing moved when I am putting everything back. Generally it's just a game of counting teeth on these and checking the marks just to verify it's all good. Making sure the engine is TDC before taking things apart makes life easier when verifying.

@penthouse.toastin1013 2 жыл бұрын

Dude that was awesome, best video Ive seen for a small project like this! Only question is if you do go with new lifters do you have to do any other form of valve lash adjustments??

@AmbiVe 2 жыл бұрын

Not with this project. The hydraulic lifters take up slack automatically assuming there isn't damage. If it was an NB or other solid system you need to check the shim tolerances.

@mabo3911 Жыл бұрын

Where did you buy the set of lifters?

@marcpetit3379 11 ай бұрын

Hi, Thank’s, i ‘ve to do the same thing. I just removed the valve cover but i’m blocked with the cam. Before to take-off the pulley you do not make marks on the belt and pulleys? Thank you for your answer, i have my head in the engine 😂

@ratsun1723 Жыл бұрын

did you have to retime engine or where you good buy just keeping belt on cam gears

@JAPerror 3 ай бұрын

You can see he put zipties on the cam gears to keep the belt from jumping any teeth if the belt moves you'll be forced to retime the motor, so this job is possible without having to retime the motor as long as you just put zipties thru the cam Gear & over the belt so it can keep the belt in the correct time

@Allmiata Жыл бұрын

Nice

@simphiweapono181 Жыл бұрын

Great Video and clear explanation, i have a qn to ask, Made a mistake mixed my lifters together, its hydrolic lifters for elantra j2 1997, how do i get them to be at the right platform or how will i know which ones are for the exhaust and which its for the intake

@TheZombiesInfected 6 ай бұрын

Buy new ones lmao you're fucked

@maneki9neko 2 жыл бұрын

You have done a righteous installation with that rebuilt engine. Did you built it yourself, or buy a short block? I have a 1.6L Miata, and I only rarely have a little lifter tick, and then only at start up. Frequent oil changes (around every 6,000 miles or every 12 months which ever comes first) keeps a fresh load of detergent in the oil. That may be what keeps my lifters rather free running.

@AmbiVe 2 жыл бұрын

It was a rebuilt short block the girlfriend sourced and we prepped. I think they either didn't prep the lifters when they did it or it just sat forever in a warehouse before we got it. Either way, it's great now. Maintenance is definitely a key.

@ricardoalfaro7349 9 ай бұрын

Do the camshafts have to be placed back the same exact way it came off ?

@stevenanderson5355 6 ай бұрын

I think so or needs to be retimed

@Mx5buthead Жыл бұрын

I rebuilt the lifters yesterday and primed all of them with oil and they are still ticking, do I need to let them “run in” at all? Please help.

@AmbiVe Жыл бұрын

If they are filled and ticking, you may need to let them run a bit. It could also be a little air in them or you could have play elsewhere. It could also be the oil you're running combined with how worn your valve train is. You can make guesses by how bad the ticking is, if it changes with temperature or oil pressure, etc.

@Mx5buthead Жыл бұрын

@@AmbiVe it is due and oil change, do you think this will help?

@AmbiVe Жыл бұрын

Old or thin oil will definitely make it tick or make it tick worse. It also depends on what oil you're running for additives and viscosity.

@Simpyspec Жыл бұрын

Hi I have a 1.6 Miata I heard before on the down rev there’s a mental noise is that the lifers??????? I just pulled oil pan off car the sound sounds so hard to figure out what it is exactly like that noise this car has been sitting for years all crankshaft bearings are good thanks 👏🏻

@AmbiVe Жыл бұрын

It depends, something like that could be in the clutch bearings or in the engine. You might just need to get a check stethoscope and try to narrow down were on the engine the noises are loudest at idle.

@Simpyspec Жыл бұрын

@@AmbiVe thanks for getting back in gonna try what you did in the video fingers crossed

@milesfair3673 Жыл бұрын

I've been having the same issue as you. I'm working to get it fixed, but still no concrete diagnosis. Could you let me know if you figure it out please