# Noisy Engine **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet\ **Created:** [November 25, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noisy-engine/75723 "2012-11-25T18:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtestut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jtestut](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtestut)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noisy-engine/75723/1 "2012-11-25T18:38:03Z")
2003 Chevy Tracker 4 cylinder. Engine rebuilt and cannot get lifters to quiet down. Replaced 3 times. Bent valves on first install. help ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noisy-engine/75723/2 "2012-11-25T19:19:33Z")
**_Jtestut, I Guess This Isn’t The Only Tracker With Noisy Lifters. Have You Seen A Copy Of A 2 Page GM TSB (Technical Service Bulletin) # 00 - 06 - 01 - 006D ?_** 1999 - 2003 Chevrolet Tracker with 2.0L or 2.5L engines : “Engine Tick Noise (Replace Valve Lifters)” The condition is caused by “lifter bleed down” and air being trapped in the lifters, especially a condition in vehicles that have not been ru for a long time or **" . . . or on vehicles following a repair to the valve lifters and camshafts. "** The fix was to replace the lifters (16v or 24v) engines with lifters P/N 25178085. **Find a copy of this bulletin and see if this helps you.** **_CSA_** ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noisy-engine/75723/3 "2012-11-25T22:41:06Z")
I don’t know if this is still applicable but in the old days, we used to submerge the lifters in a can of oil and then use a pushrod to pump them up and down until all the air came out before installing them. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noisy-engine/75723/4 "2012-11-25T22:48:06Z")
Who did the rebuilding? An '03 needing an engine overhaul already and for what reason; out of oil, engine sludge/coking, worn out due to high miles, etc? There’s a ton of questions on this one but if engine sludge was a factor then I wonder if the block was vatted during this rebuild. If not, there’s the possibility of clogged oil galleys and which could have been the cause of the original engine demise.