bad lifter??

[enjoi355]

Sorry about the long story but about a month back, i went out to some street races. ran twice against a bolt on z28 (won both ) but after the second run, i heard a loud ticking. i was gonna investigate it, but the cops busted the races. when i tried to take off, my car was backfiring n such. so i slowed down and cruised towards a hamburger place here in texas called whataburger. once there, i turned it on, opened the hood, felt the passenger side valve cover and determined that it was a loose rocker. it was late and home (and tools) was far away but i had to get there. i cruised home as chill as i could and eventually made it. the next day i took off the valve cover and saw that it did come loose. i applied some loctite and readjusted all the valves since i was already there.... anyways after that i keep hearing a ticking noise coming from the motor, felt the valve cover again and can kinda feel some tapping, what do you think it can be??

[SSSC]

Best thing at that point id pull the valve cover. And look again. Years ago if i had a ticking noise after rechecking the valves .I would start the motor and at a idle. Put some your hand on each of the rockers see if the tick goes away. If it does 1 could be a worn rocker or a lifter not pumping up. Good luck

[BluBeaSSt]

You could of bent a pushrod, 9 times out of 10 you'll bend a pushrod before you collapse a lifter.

[YZF]

You could run some seafoam in the oil for a few minutes to see if it pumps up the lifter if that could be the case.

[enjoi355]

thanks guys, ill check monday cause ill be busy tomorrow...

[enjoi355]

but any other suggestions are welcome for the time in between

[enjoi355]

grrr didnt have time today, that noise is so annoying cause its all i hear!!! if the lifter doesnt pump up, would i have to replace it??

[LT1B4C]

What's the Oil pressure? and when was the last oil change? Same thing happend to me. I had good oil pressure, and about a month old oil change. The only thing i did was another oil change and the tick went away. And Do you have headers? Could be an exhaust leak.

[enjoi355]

oil pressure is around 75 - 80 psi (high volume/pressure) oil change was 2000 miles ago, and i was thinking about an exhaust leak too, ill make sure that theyre tightened up tomorrow, thanks for the suggestions