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Old 04-18-2004, 02:45 PM
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Re: ticking car

ticking is the increased valve lash caused by low oil pressure. The reason you are getting it when overfilled is because the crank is splashing the oil and foaming it up, causing low oil pressure, get the extra oil out of there before you blow something up.
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