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for quite awhile my lifters have been lose i can hear them in the car a mate of mine said to put difrent oil in theengine ( more thicker) but i dont no what type to go for would 5w/40w be ok? oh its for a gpx mivec engine

What oil are you using now? It might already be thick enough, you might just have to get your tappets adjusted.

the GPX engine had adjustable tappets, in an older engine (your 94 for example) theyve probably rarely been tightened.

http://www.ftoaustralia.com//modules.ph ... ng+tappets

Get them adjusted. Thicker oil just masks the problem.

now do i have the confidence to do it my self because im not very mechanically knowledgeable with cars well not with doing stuff like this.

i was happy that i took my inlet manifold off and done that my self but it still didnt work properly when i put it back on but that wasnt my fault the idle control valve internals had corroded away

I don't know much about doing it... was going to do them myself but I'd probably stuff something up

Here is a good guide for adjusting the tappets;
http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=33120

There was another one somewhere with lots of pictures, and there's a few others around the place. If you search the www.ftooc.org forums you should come up with a few more.

need a nsw lifters days haha where someone who has adjusted them before help us all out

take it to a garage, dont play with the internals if ure unsure what your doing.

do u have a feeler gauge?

ill think ill do that i really dont want to mess the engine up i have payed to much for it to go bang yet

if you have not done it befor I would take it to someone to do it for you
you would be beter off that way and you will know its done the right way

i mite get the mitsubishi garage to do it depending how much they will charge?

tintin wrote:i mite get the mitsubishi garage to do it depending how much they will charge?

You will probably be shocked at how much they charge, but they can at least give you an accurate time for what it will take and cost. If you are going to another garage take along a copy of the "how to " guide and get them to give you a quote based on it. At least then they will know what they are doing. I did mine myself and the longest parts were -

1. Making up the tool to adjust the tappets. I got a long reach 10mm socket and used a stone wheel in a drill to grind off one edge of it.

2. being a paranoid perfectionist I took ages getting the tappets to the gap I wanted. Then I redid them because I'm paranoid. I couldn't shift one of the nuts but it has made a huge difference anyway.

HTH

ok cheers