laser411
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So Ive had this knocking for a while that's actually decently loud, someone told me in might be a piston rod, I disregarded that due to the noise disappearing under any load on the engine, and that's it's been going on for a long time, my thoughts were a bad lifter, and during my trip to a pick and pull junkyard I pulled some lifters off a 3.0 windstar, they look salvageable but not sure, I pulled the retaining clip and drained the old nasty oil from inside and ran them through my ultrasonic cleaner, before I did 2 of them were able to be pressed in slightly by hand, the rest couldn't, I drained the oil and it seems like they can't be pushed in anymore however it may be that it's in all the way already because of no oil being in them, what is the normal for when they are filled, some give or no give? How can I tell if they're ok? I don't have the budget to replace them all, figured I could get a good set out of 2 sets, any help or tutorials welcome, pictures available if needed
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