Ok, I keep reading about how many people have noisy lifters, and that the wrong
oil filter will cause noisy lifters, and so on, and so on.

My 85 has 96000 on it and has not ever had the slightest tick, even after
sitting for over 3 months at one point.  Yes, I was a bad boy not to start it,
but it was below 15 or 20F for the whole time, so there wasn't any corrosion
going on anywhere.  And it had fresh oil in it.  And the snow around it was 4
feet deep.  Still, I have to wonder.

I bought it with 75000 miles on it the fall of 2000.  Previously owned by a 3rd
gen Pontiac dealership owner.  His dealership  was across the highway from a VW
dealer.  I have no maintenance records from that time except that the engine
did have the head gasket replacment done.

So, is this a rare thing that get just a few, or am I just lucky?

tom

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
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