04 Nov 11 10:06, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:   
      
      
    RW>> What you have is a leaky lifter. If it sits for a while, the oil   
    RW>> drains out of the lifter, probably due to the valve spring pressure.   
    RW>> It shouldn't do that, but sometimes they do. If that 30 sec noise   
    RW>> doesn't bother you, don't worry about it.   
      
    TW> If you let the enging Idle until the noise stops it is really a don't   
    TW> worry situation..   
      
   Until such time as the lifter leak down gets even worse than it is now.   
   But you're right, if the noise goes away as you let the engine warm up,   
   that's a good thing.   
      
      
                   R\%/itt   
      
      
     ... Only 5% of all humans have the privilege to live in America.   
      
   --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000-10   
    * Origin: SATX Alamo Area Net * South * Texas, USA * (1:387/22)