Anyone blow their lifters?

[Hillkill]

Well I put my car into a wall yesterday at a drift event but was able to fix the body enough to keep running. The next run i was kind of pissed so I bounced of the redline a little bit too long. Tink tink tink same noise I heard before when i accidentaly put too thin of oil in there. I knew I blew a couple lifters again. I havent taken her apart to see how many this time but I'm thinking their towards the rear of the engine. Am I just running too thin of oil or what. I run 10w30 royal purple for the last 3 years and the first time I blew some lifters was when I tried redline 5w30 on accident. I'm pretty sure my motor is ready for a rebuild as i think some of the rings may be messed up from the violent backfires that happened earlier.

Oh yeah does any have a built motor lying around that they might be willing to get rid of? I need a reliable redline bouncing monster. If I can't buy one I'll make one.

[float_6969]

IMHO, you should be running a 20W40 or even a 20W50 in the summers.

Check out page MA-12 in the FSM.

I really don't like 30W in a turbo motor unless it's real cold. Just from experience.

[r34 gtr]

i havnt blown a lifter per say, but i have given them a hard time once or twice.

[Hillkill]

I used the 10w30 since the car was in norcal where it was cold for me coming from hawaii but since I moved to socal I've been using the same 10w30. Maybe next case I'll go with the 20w40.

[dattodude]

Do you blow them while they are hot or cold. I'd be worried about you burning your mouth if you tried it while they were hot ..hohoho.

On a more serious note, you could wear them out if you haven't inspected them for 200,000-300,000kms, and tey are all sludged up thanks to a Japanese owners neglect..

Sounds like you know what you are doing though..so it looks like you've found their limit! :-)