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I have a 2003 thunderbird and a lifter is loud for about 10 ...

Sent to Car Experts September 25, 2006 9:53 p.m.

I have a 2003 thunderbird and a lifter is loud for about 10 minutes when starting in the morning and then quiets down, it has a 3.9 litre V8 Jaquar engine... Is this normal. 280 horse power with 240 CU in It only has 5,000 miles on it, I recently changed the oil and put mobile one oil 5-20 in it. I bought the car used.

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2003 Ford Thunderird 3.9 litre v8

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I changed the oil and put synthetic mobile one oil in it 5020 weight .

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September 25, 2006 10:24 p.m. (31 minutes and 23 seconds later)

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Was the noise there before using the synthetic and how many miles are on the engine

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Sent September 25, 2006 10:30 p.m. (6 minutes and 11 seconds later)

Yes, the noise was there before using the synthetic oil. They changed the oil for me when I bought the car at 4000 miles.. They used a 5-20 regular petrolium oil. Since I put the mobile 1 oil in the noise is still there when starting in the morning and tics for about 3 minutes and slowly quiets down... Is this normal for these engines, I know they have big lifters in them.

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Sent September 25, 2006 10:42 p.m. (11 minutes and 47 seconds later)

The car has 5,575 miles on it now. I also have a noisy rear end between 60-64 miles an hours and also at 40-42 miles an hours.

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September 26, 2006 5:02 p.m. (18 hours and 19 minutes later)

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Post your vin number and I will see what I can find for both concerns.

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Sent September 26, 2006 5:25 p.m. (22 minutes and 37 seconds later)

I was just wondering why you need the vin number?

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September 26, 2006 6:39 p.m. (1 hour and 14 minutes later)

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So I can enter you vin number into the ford database and check for any known concerns,engineering messages or technical service bullteins that may address your vehicle concerns.

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Sent September 26, 2006 9:27 p.m. (2 hours and 47 minutes later)

Hi Gene, my Vin number on the bird is

1FAHP60A23Y114006 I forgot to mention to you that the first Buyer of this vehicle sent this car back to Ford I guess under the lemmon law but the car fax was fine, From what I heard she sent it back because the car was leaking thru the windows and roof, I keep it in the Garage all the time so I don't know if it leaks, won't take it out in bad weather, but when I wash it it does not leak. I know her name but cannot seem to locate her.. Customer (name blocked for privacy)

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September 27, 2006 1:15 p.m. (15 hours and 48 minutes later)

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I do not see any known concerns for an engine noise except for it stating you must use 91 or higher octance to prevent spark knock or engine knocking noises. I would think you have a lifter noise in the engine, it should not last 10 minutes,however it may be longer if you do not run the engine frequently.As for the rear end noise I would need more explanation of the type of noise.This should all be under base warranty if you have less than 36 K on it.

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