uadetailing
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hey guys i have a 1999 ford escort as my dd and it makes alot of nosie the oils fine and everything i had it checked the question is i wanna quite it down can i get lucal oil treatment and make it not as loud lol
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Probably not.
Occasionally an oil additive will free a sticky lifter and stop it from making noise, but.....
As a general rule, a noisy engine is an indication of a more serious problem.
All you have to lose is the cost of the chemical, just don't expect too much.
uadetailing
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the motors fine its got noisy injecters tho
GearHead_1
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Why were you suspecting an oil treatment would quiet noisy injectors?
black bart
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Hydraulic Lifters will make noise fuel injectors don't make noise that you can hear.
How many miles are on the engine and how often do you change your oil.
Sounds like a neglected engine I would try a full synthetic oil it has much better cleaning than dino oil.
Your lifters probably have varnish in them.
They make engine flush but the problem with using it is it will remover a lot of sludge very quickly this may plug the small oil passages and cause catastrophic failure.
The synthetic oil will slowly clean the engine and so you should change oil frequently for a few changes to remove all the crap that will be in the oil.
Also change the filter
GearHead_1
Long Time Member
It's not uncommon for electronic injectors to click/tick. Without using a stethoscope the noise is at times almost indistinguishable from sticky lifters. This sound can sometimes be reduced with a pressurized (professional) injector cleaning. I've never seen the "in the tank" additives make any improvement. Still not sure why the OP would know this about the injectors an hour after the initial post but wonder if an oil treatment would clean it up.
black bart
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Yes I have hear injectors that tick but it is different sound than a lifter don't think I ever heard of a fuel injector that you could hear while driving.
I have never had a lifter problem but I use a high quality oil and change it often I don't go for those 15000 mile oil changes.
GearHead_1
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Bart, You would be one of the last people on this board that I would suspect to have a serious (maintenance type) engine problem such as sticky lifters. I'm sure your vehicles are well cared for. Throwing a rod or blowing a head gasket, now that wouldn't surprise me to hear you say. 
Ronkh
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I had luck with Techron, but then it came back a while later.
Ronkh
Wax Waster
Instead of an oil treatment per say.
If it were my car, I would drain 1/2 qt oil, add 1/2 qt of tranny fluid. Run for about 100 - 250 miles. Then do an oil filter change (good oil) run for 500 then oil filter change.
Tranny fluid being very high detergent seems to do wonders.
(what can i tell ya, i'm old)
oh yeah, gh, go look at my pic posts of lime rock, theres a few pics for you.
Sorry for the off topick
If it were my car, I would drain 1/2 qt oil, add 1/2 qt of tranny fluid. Run for about 100 - 250 miles. Then do an oil filter change (good oil) run for 500 then oil filter change.
Tranny fluid being very high detergent seems to do wonders.
(what can i tell ya, i'm old)
oh yeah, gh, go look at my pic posts of lime rock, theres a few pics for you.
Sorry for the off topick
GearHead_1
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I saw the Lime Rock pictures, that is one sweet Camaro. The race fuel reminded me of the day when we would go down to the airport to get AvGas, we would mix it 3 to 1 with pump premium. It was great for the needed octane for a 12.75 to 1 compression ratio but had no toluene in the fuel. In order to make sure that the cylinder walls would stay "wet" we would mix STP oil treatment in with the fuel. Those were the days.
Ronkh
Wax Waster
We added mystery oil. Smelled like nitro when it burned, so if we "accidently" spilled some inthe fuel it wasn't noticible.
black bart
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Blown head gasket you must have seen this photo before.Bart, You would be one of the last people on this board that I would suspect to have a serious (maintenance type) engine problem such as sticky lifters. I'm sure your vehicles are well cared for. Throwing a rod or blowing a head gasket, now that wouldn't surprise me to hear you say.
GearHead_1
Long Time Member
I knew you had a huffer. 
I had a Saleen with a Turbonetics on it. It had a variable boost dial at your finger tips. You could run up to 20 lbs. with the twist of a dial. I had a few chances to replace both header and head gaskets even with O-Ringed deck and heads.
I had a Saleen with a Turbonetics on it. It had a variable boost dial at your finger tips. You could run up to 20 lbs. with the twist of a dial. I had a few chances to replace both header and head gaskets even with O-Ringed deck and heads.Which is exactly why the boost controllers I added to the two turbo Talons I owned could only be adjusted from under the hood.I knew you had a huffer.
Most people with cockpit adjustable controllers can't resist that urge to twist that knob. :notme:
uadetailing
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UPDATE GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I GOT THE LUCAL OIL STABILIZER AND ITS VERY THICK LIKE GEAR OIL ADDED ABOUT A LIL LESS THEN HALF OF IT AND THE MOTORS QUITE NOW. its not due for a next oil change till next month till then ill keep this in it then run q hp xxxlly synthentic in it liek i run in my g35 works varrry nice lol
I GOT THE LUCAL OIL STABILIZER AND ITS VERY THICK LIKE GEAR OIL ADDED ABOUT A LIL LESS THEN HALF OF IT AND THE MOTORS QUITE NOW. its not due for a next oil change till next month till then ill keep this in it then run q hp xxxlly synthentic in it liek i run in my g35 works varrry nice lol
GearHead_1
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black bart
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Glad to hear that worked. Once you get it cleaned out run a good synthetic because it has much more cleaning power.
Don't know what engine you have but some are more prone than others to have thus kind of problem.
Remember the big sludge problem that destroyed thousands of Toyota engines.
It took a class action law suit to get them to pay people who had to have their engines replaced.
After that they redesigned the engine to take care of the problem.
black bart
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I have to fight that urge all the time I have a Jacobs mastermind controller at my finger tips right on the console beside the shifter and I can vary the Nitrous 150 HP with just a twist of a knob. :crazy2:
Scott P
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Back to the original topic. I'm a fan of both Auto-Rx and Lube Control. I'd go for Auto-Rx first though. The rambling first post made no mention of miles, but a standard cleaning cycle with a good dino oil like Pennzoil yellow bottle would be a great start. A simple Google search will turn up the websites of both products.