joey400ex
Junior Member
Just bought a new hunting truck with 165k miles on it. Sounds like its got a lifter tap. This thing taps all the time cold or hot. Runs great, good power and oil pressure, does not smoke or burn oil. I bought it from the forestry department and the ranger said it didn't get driven much and suggested a engine flush (which I never heard of doing and really rather not). I only paid $1400 bucks and I'm trying to weigh out if I should replace the lifters or just give it a new oil change and run it and see what happens. These 5.9 engines seem more work intensive vs the small block v8's when changing out the lifters. Just trying to weigh out my options. Any help or advice would be great. Thanks.