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I replaced the timing belt and tensioner tonight and the noise persists.


Well there goes my initial thought <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />


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DO the 98 V6's have adjustable lifters?


IIRC, they do not.



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Any ideas of other things to check?


Maybe your truck heard you were planning on lowering it and is retaliating <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I'm interested to see how the Sea Foam works out for you before getting too far into this. Seems like if it was the lifters clogged up, it would gradually become apparent.... not just randomly be bad one day. Any other symptoms (odd colors/smell from the exhaust for example)? Not sure if this is relevant since it usually affects idle more than anything, but when was the last time you cleaned/replaced the EGR valve?

Good luck with it, Mike <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />


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