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ok let me first say, that this is typically what happens to me

i changed my spark plugs today, with BCPRE ones, and i used to have BK.. somethings... and the new ones are longer by a few mm, i dont know why its relevant but id like to say every detail

i changed them over no dramas, turned the car on and i have what seems to be a lifter ticking, and i have no idea why its doing this now....

i know this is a near impossible question, but any ideas WHY?!

ok let me first say, that this is typically what happens to me

i changed my spark plugs today, with BCPRE ones, and i used to have BK.. somethings... and the new ones are longer by a few mm, i dont know why its relevant but id like to say every detail

i changed them over no dramas, turned the car on and i have what seems to be a lifter ticking, and i have no idea why its doing this now....

i know this is a near impossible question, but any ideas WHY?!

Spark plugs are most likely wrong, the contacts aren't firing properly.

change the plugs again trial & error, it may even be that the plugs aren't

positioned correctly your engine's probably running on 5 cylinders...

Spark plugs are most likely wrong, the contacts aren't firing properly.

change the plugs again trial & error, it may even be that the plugs aren't

positioned correctly your engine's probably running on 5 cylinders...

engine runs smoothly, exact same as before, i put the old plugs back in straight after, and was still ticking.

when you change your plugs, it's a good idea to use a compressor or a vaccum to blow/suck out the dirt in the valley before you pull each plug out, so dirt and crap doesnt fall into the cylinder.

anyway, i doubt that would cause ticking, unless it was a big chunky piece of something that fell in.

i changed my spark plugs today, with BCPRE ones, and i used to have BK.. somethings... and the new ones are longer by a few mm, i dont know why its relevant but id like to say every detail

The fact that nobody has commented on that worries me.

I know on SR's there are issues with particular spark plugs being slightly too long, and will hit things internally... I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case on RB's too.

Have you considered swapping your old plugs back in and seeing if the noise goes away? If it does, you've pretty much isolated the noise to those spark plugs.

He said he did try the old ones again, and the ticking was still there, but now has gone away.

Could it be possible that you simply left the car sitting, off, for a decent amount of time such that a decent amount of oil had drained to the bottom, causing noisy lifters?

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