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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 08:32 PM
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on my 2011 r.g 103 i had a click and noice in the the motor , the click was like a ping .last week i put syc 3 oil in from harley ,i always had ams oil. in it .well my oil pressure drop when it got warm ,hot .it has never been below 12 pds. at idle . anyhow today i got ams oil and check my plugs . i always use s.e plugs ,my plugs where gap at only .033 .so i bought new s.e plugs and changed my oil , so yes my ping is gone and power is back and my oil pressure is normal again ,and my gap is set at .043 , but my lifters are a little more quiter then before . but today i listen to a friends 2012 street glide with 1550 miles on it and was louder then mine , so i im done bitching about my lifters .,sorry for a long post .
 
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Glad you figured things out, but you might want to take an English writing refresher class...
 
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Glad you figured things out, but you might want to take an English writing refresher class...
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[quote=Iceman24;11419213]Glad you figured things out, but you might want to take an English writing refresher class...[/quo
 

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Cool, Wow 33 surprised you didn't foul any of them. BTW I noticed on here, their are some real winners (opposite ) if you know what I mean.
 

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