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Wait so is it heaps low or double what it should be..?

Damn really? 185kpa is like 26psi at 650rpm.. I thought that was ok? Using 10-60 castrol supercar. What should the oil pressure be with that weight oil?

Mbs206 yea I have a link ecu which tells me the oil pressure is at 185kpa ish at idle.. it seems to be more on the intake side. I have cleaned out the vct and checked for gunk but there doesn't seem to be any. Externally it's loudest on the drivers side under the car.

Thanks for the reply mate, Yes I get that schmutz und drek is most likely the cause if it is a lifter, it just seems highly improbable that a colapsed lifter ticks after it warms up and gets better oil flow and is dead quiet at cold idle.. the physics dont add up. Do you know where I can get new lifters from without paying the price of a tomei solid conversion?

Thanks for the reply @GTSBoy this is is a hydraulic lifter engine. Yea right i did not realise the lifters were supposed to be compressible while installed. I could push them down but i had to lean almost my while body weight on them. I have never heard of a lifter/ lifters ticking only at hot idle and getting worse the hotter it gets. I have owned a few jdm cars with noisy lifters. This noise is slightly more subtle, it is more of a sharp gentle metalic tic than the solid and more loud tapping I've heard on lifters. I have used a metal rod, alloy tube, hose and stethoscope and could not find the source of the tick. But it appears to be loudest on the actual engine block behind the exhaust cam gear and next to the oil filter. I had mate (40 year old mechanic) go over it with me and he couldn't find it either.. Could it be a cam seal issue of some sort? Cheers

Sorry for reviving an old post, but I'm having the same hot idle tick issue. Did anyone ever find out what it was? I have checked/ replaced Injectors Coils checked Lifter clerance (is at zero) Checked Cam lobes Replaced exhaust gasket and studs Would appreciate any advice this is driving me nuts