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Alright guys, little background on my car. It's a 99 mustang GT, 5 speed, 53,000 miles. It has the following mods, steeda pullies, bassani x pipe, flows, 4.10 gears, and air intake. The cars probably had a pretty exciting life, but Ive run into a big problem. Couple weeks ago I made a thread about whenever I start the car and engage the clutch to start it, I get a ticking sound until I release the clutch. Well, today I went to a friend house and now it ticks whenever I'm driving, the worst is around 2k rpms but it ticks all the way through the rpms sometimes, and sometimes it ticks at idle, sometimes it doesn't. I took it to a friends house and showed his dad, and he said he thought it was the lifters. Well, we checked my oil and it showed to be on min. So I took it to a mechanic friend and let him listen, and he too said he thought it was the lifters, and that I should put more oil in it and the sound may go away. Well, first off, I'm confused here because cars aren't suppose to "lose" oil, right? He acted like its normal to lose a quart or whatever, which I didn't understand because if everycar was on min by 3,000 miles people would be blowing up engines left and right soon. BTW, I run Mobil 1 synthetic 5w30. So neways, I went to autozone and got two quarts of mobil 1 and put one and half in it and then checked it and now its showing like a quarter before max on the stick, so my buddy told me to let it sit overnight and check it again. Well, I drove about 15 miles home and even with more oil in it, the car is still ticking, and its pretty damn loud. What do you guys think? I really really appreciate any help.
 
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white99gt said:
OUr cars will use oil.Esp depending on you hard you drive it..

Our cars usually dont have lifter issues..

SOunds like you may have a exhaust leak they CAN sound like a lifter..Bet your xpipe blew the gasket out on the passnger side..
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Thanks for replying.... but should it be using that much? I mean damn, I knew people checked oil on 100,000 plus engines, but I didn't think you had to on a 53,000 mile one. Now don't get me wrong, I run the car pretty damn hard a lot, but I always heard oil only gets contaminated(sp?) not "used". About the X pipe thing, I'm not so sure, because when you listen to it under the hood it does sound like its coming from the engine itself, and out of two people listening to it, one a long time mechanic, they both said lifters. But I just don't know man.
 

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OUr cars will use oil.Esp depending on you hard you drive it..

Our cars usually dont have lifter issues..

SOunds like you may have a exhaust leak they CAN sound like a lifter..Bet your xpipe blew the gasket out on the passnger side..
 

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Matto said:
Thanks for replying.... but should it be using that much? I mean damn, I knew people checked oil on 100,000 plus engines, but I didn't think you had to on a 53,000 mile one. Now don't get me wrong, I run the car pretty damn hard a lot, but I always heard oil only gets contaminated(sp?) not "used". About the X pipe thing, I'm not so sure, because when you listen to it under the hood it does sound like its coming from the engine itself, and out of two people listening to it, one a long time mechanic, they both said lifters. But I just don't know man.
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LOL thats why car makers tell you to check your oil EVERY time you fill up..They will use oil becaus eour cars have low tension oil rings ,which cause ours to burn oil.

Your money but i would check the exhaust first..
 
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white99gt said:
LOL thats why car makers tell you to check your oil EVERY time you fill up..They will use oil becaus eour cars have low tension oil rings ,which cause ours to burn oil.

Your money but i would check the exhaust first..
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Thats a new one to me, believe me I was shocked when the mechanic told me, but I guess you learn something new everyday. I will be checking the exhaust tuesday, I'll bring it into automechanics and lift it up, and change the oil as well. As far as the exhaust thing, it could sorta make sense, but what about the few weeks before when I'd start my car when its been sitting and it would make a similar ticking sound when the clutch was engaged, but after that first time I never heard the noise again?
Again, thanks for the response.
 

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I second... or third ... on checking for an exhaust leak. A mechanics stethescope (sp?) would help out alot too.
 
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Thanks for the reply. I'm going to change the oil and stuff tuesday, and make sure to check the exhaust. Do you guys suggest me using 5w20 this time instead of 5w30?
 
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white99gt said:
Id run 5w30 all the time.
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Yeah I have, but Randy Stinchcomb from modulardepot (you prolly know him) said to try 5w20, I'm not smart into the mechanics with oil and stuff, so I duno?
 

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Matto said:
Thanks for the reply. I'm going to change the oil and stuff tuesday, and make sure to check the exhaust. Do you guys suggest me using 5w20 this time instead of 5w30?
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Id run 5w30 all the time.
 
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Just had the oil changed, sound is still there. Do you guys think I could of messed up something by running it low on oil?
 
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