How to Fix Mitsubishi VR4's Infamous Engine Ticking Sound! | Wheeler Dealers

Mike and Ant get their hand's on the 1994's Mitsubishi VR4 and try to restore it back to its original state!
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[@waste4245]

Fantastic! Now I know what to do on my nonexistent VR4

[@oscarfish1471]

I bought the lifters. Now I need a vr4 🤔🤔

[@mishalmx]

I bought the VR4, and I fixed that click issue. All I need to get is a GTO.

[@SuperGalactic-Cosmic-Rays]

Ha! 😂 Well, I have a VR-4, no new lifters, and scared to take that manifold off! 😂 Who's up for helping me? There's some beers and a drive in it for you 😅

[@YZY_RAP]

3:26 ChrisFix loved it!

[@jonathonhebert7042]

I just finished a clutch replacement in my 93 VR4. Quite ironic I was recommended this video. I only found out about 3000GTs through the original episode of wheeler dealers. Saw it on TV, and instantly fell in love. Searched for a few years, found one, and bought it. I love my 93 VR4, and it's terribly fun to drive!

[@miguelmurill1]

There's no irony, guy. It's called "coincidence." You're welcome.

[@kendrickdiego6654]

Very underrated Japanese car

[@sleepwalker29]

I bought a 3000GT SL. It ticked. I changed the oil with Penzoil 10w30 Synthetic and it stopped ticking. Most of this ticking can be caused by low oil presure, caused by oil pump gasket leaking, or old oil. 190,000 miles with original lifters and no tick.

[@FrAnKo2ko]

Unfortunately I'm having to change my lifters. I changed the oil to 10w30 and it almost seems worse now. I've got 170k on mine.

[@kgisabeast]

Still a good looking car even today. Dissapointing Mitsubishi doesn’t have a sports car like this anymore

[@MrJoshuaAwesome]

I have own a VR4 for over a decade and I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for creating it.

[@Chinunit22]

Great educational video, always wondered how these lifters work

[@danielfl.9347]

Thank you for keeping WD alive!

[@Koffiato]

Dunno man, I watched this show only for Edd. This feels just like the new top gear.

[@Zedman3333]

I had the VR4 twin turbo wagon. It was a pleasure to have , and a pleasure to get rid of it. It hated really hot days.

[@neilwavg]

Ant is a great guy, he knows his stuff!

[@rasmusramo]

Wonderful video! Great detail in explaining what to do. Unfortunately i found this video after i left my car at a mechanic, so i won't be fixing the ticking noise myself. But the new shifter and bushing will be a fun little project

[@giuseppelavecchia775]

ANT,sei uno dei più grandi meccanici mai visti,garantito!.ciao.

[@joshualoupe5220]

Great video and shows great technique to fix the lifters on these engines.

[@corvette72778]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Do more repair videos on the 3000GT VR-4/Dodge Stealth. This video is great. These cars are very unreliable and repair videos are needed. The more videos on this car the better. Thanks.

[@TeamGun]

When troubleshooting look at both 3000gt/Stealth forums, as well as 3g Eclipse forums, lots of shared information on the 6g72.

[@earlygail]

A quality shift kit is such a force multiplier on a stick shift car

[@vincestyles1030]

You will be missed my friend! Thank you for your time at WD!

[@vincestyles1030]

@Garry Harding but not back on tv he is doing what he has been up to only thing he is recording it. Good to see you old friend!

[@SirSlyBird]

I need to do this to my Stealth Soon. Thanks for the Video.

[@paulhuwa1730]

If you havent dont bother. Ive done it and know a lot of others who have done it and the tapping still comes and goes. :(

[@DashCamSerbia]

Although, that "lovely" at the end. Not so sure. It looks like you are struggling to shift that knob.

[@goosebee]

nah he was just enjoying it mate

[@KimTheGrim]

Clearly he is not using the clutch, so naturally the gears will not go in as inteded.

[@RobSchofield]

I think I'd have gone for a nylon or poly bush for the gearchange assembly. I do enjoy Ant's "little jobs" :)

[@gkimble90]

Happy new years

[@thebeast-puntomk2878]

Actually, if you want a fix you can have done from home, a mate of my brothers had someone come decarbonize his engine. Fixed the sound and also seemed to of restored lost power. Won't need doing again for a few years

[@kiweeltyler3586]

He fixed the tick so good, that he didn’t even need to push the clutch to start the car

[@RainRoofingSolar-dy3mv]

It's called a clutch safety switch and it was obviously removed just like mine.

[@ShinyStarcleaning]

Hi there, great job. Would you tell us where do you get the parts?

[@emilioochoa5528]

This video saved my life !

[@TRyan3]

The smaller lifters don't hurt anything, they just tick when cold. Undamaged @ 3:43 after 27 years. The brass bushings are necessary now though, but mine were more like $40.

[@deepsky7206]

not too long ago, I saw a 3000GT for sale in Craigslist for $1500. it had the same issue this vehicle had. didn't know the fix was so easy.

[@baitse7676]

Nice Vixen 915 Aquablast you've got there

[@marksmith5696]

I had this car 12 years ago, the SL version DOHC 3.0 V6. All you have to do is use STP Oil Treatment once and it completely eliminates the lifter tick.

[@TheWaynecollins]

Where can I get that new shifter ? I want to put one in my 93 Stealth ES.

[@leonlawrencez28]

This is great.

[@corvette72778]

Can you make more VR4 repair videos?

[@65geoman]

@18:49 ,what is the name of the control valve he is replacing? i cant understand what he says.... thanks

[@JDVHS]

track starts at about the 3min mark....hear some more at 4.50min .....and again at 5.15min....what tune was this from??

[@allans7281]

Great video! we got to get him some orange gloves

[@MrCrocoxxx]

From where can I buy the tool and lifters ?

[@TuttyFruttynuts]

FYI lifter tick in these can be fixed by taking the lifters out and cleaning them, as long as you make sure to run clean oil the problem wont come back. Saves buying a new set which aren't in infinite supply.

[@corvette72778]

If youve got them out you might as well replace them. They changed the design for a reason. Its more likely than not that the sound will come back if the design was the issue.

[@nunobernardo6626]

Mitsubishi whatelse!!! Amazing car. Happy new year 🎉🎉

[@jdgalmbz]

Where can I buy that special tool to remove the lifters?

[@philipwalton4877]

A lubbed up lifter always slides in nicely

[@user-ox9zm7xw5l]

你好，我來自華人的台灣高雄市民，想請問英國的師傅，我的2001年Benz W210 V6 E280 5mat,它在退檔至20Km時，會有頓動金屬“kon"聲音，但是還是能動，換檔也正常，不知道會是哪個零件出問題？（引擎腳、自排腳都是原廠新品，中心吊架組也是換新、傳動橡皮也是新品）

[@jasocole1820]

I have a 91 stealth that bucks and jerks then stopped running. Ecm has twelve volt power loss what could be the problem.

[@consolatovitetta966]

Adoro quel modello

[@Jackthesmilingblack]

Is this ticking merely cosmetic or is there an emission issue? Specifically, is a car with an engine tick more likely to fail the regular vehicle check? I bought a Pajero iO 1.8 at auction two years ago, deregistered with no Shaken which just got by exhaust emission check on it thied attempt; high hydro-carbon was the actual problem. Now scrapping seems the obvious decision as it only cost me $800. Really unfortunate as it is such a good vehicle to cope with up-hill deep snow. It would be useful to know if this problem could be fixed by removing the rockers and by changing the lifters to the 3.0 mm type. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

[@roostaraver]

Be great to see the full episode of this gto

[@knobrush]

would have been nice to see the procedure on the rear cylinders seeing as how they're so close to the firewall and other parts.

[@sambarrett859]

I do miss Ed’s but this bloke isn’t bad at all

[@christina747]

Where can I find that tool?

[@BlueRage]

Where to get that tool?

[@GForceVRX]

Fantastic engine’s the 6G7 series

[@DashCamSerbia]

Nice. Too bad not all repairs are that easy inside the engine.

[@channell11]

He didn't show you the backside of the engine-it's a bit more of a hassle.

[@TeamGun]

Doesn't matter if they are revised, they'll still get tick if you don't keep up with oil changes. I come from the 3g Eclipse world, 6g72 SOHC, they still get tick very frequently. Some don't, mine doesn't, but thats because its never gone more than 4k km without an oil change.

[@evej-m5019]

id love to see a video on a galant vr4 there my fave

[@jamesalmieda9051]

I love those cars they just don't make stuff like that anymore my dad bought a brand new 87 supra turbo targa what a car love the show

[@user-xk9fi4yx8r]

Undergraund 2. NFS

[@craig162]

I worked at a Mitsu dealer for six years. Every spring when people would pull their 3000s out of the garage after sitting for six months they would come to the dealer with a tick in the engine. A distributor for BG Products came in and showed us an oil additive called MOA. We would change the oil and filter and add the additive to the oil and drive it for a few miles. The tick was gone. Customers would come in and buy it . The lifter is so tinny I think it would bleed out all the oil and get air bound. After 25 years I still use the additive in all my cars.

[@BlueRage]

Where can I buy this additive?

[@autogarageguimaraes]

Ant, Asian engines are very good ... I'm a mechanic here in Brazil, São Paulo, and I like to work on the maintenance of these engines.

[@SaltShakerer]

But it can't be fun working on a 3000GT with the engine bay being so tight?

[@vincestyles1030]

@@SaltShakerer in Brazil you work with what you got just like Cuba

[@ItsZyferno]

Rebuilding my 1st gen rn and oh boy have I forgot how annoyingly cramped the engine bay is

[@marksmusicplace3627]

this is a huge help. Now I can fix my 1992 VR4 especially the shifter.

[@petrolwitch5940]

Hey, do you guys happen to know if this also affects the sohc motors from these cars? Cause I got the tick

[@Drew-cv5ns]

SOHC has lifters aswell, just 12 instead of 24 because is single cam

[@Rory96inthahouse]

180 to fix gearstick FFS..

[@chilligaviar3633]

Edd²+Ant = Wheeler Dealer unlimited, Bigger and Better . All of us want to see two greats build cars and sell them.. maybe y'all can add Mike as the guy who gets the donor car and parts and the guy sells it....but Edd and Ant run the show

[@tahirashakeel1250]

Is this new ep or is this shooted a long time ago please tell me

[@caylumhenderson9396]

Pretty sure I watched this on tv bout 4 months ago or longer

[@hennosotter]

nooo i hope this video doesent go viral. I have been looking for this car for a while now. If prices get higher then rip me

[@Fogarte]

Is it the same to the Mitsubishi Eclipse coupe 2000 Gsm from 1997?mine also ticks somethimes

[@ahmedislam2580]

not same eclipse is dsm this is jdm

[@Akanint]

"Ramp it off a sidewalk doing 80 and fly it into a wall. That stops the engine." - James McCaffrey

[@lukejohnson9221]

My 3000gt just started the lifter tick and it is extremely annoying. I'm going to replace all of them soon.

[@austinsmiley4590]

We're was this video when I had one of these 4 years ago. Haha

[@veenoable]

I have a proton perdana with same issue.. Replacing it is a pain in the ass for the other half

[@Draxindustries1]

No need to dismantle or replace anything at all. Remove the plugs, drain the oil and replace the filter. Fill the engine with 15litres of brake and clutch cleaner and leave overnight for it to dissolve sludge. Spin the engine over on the starter until the oil pressure guage registers. Repeat around a dozen times then drain out the brake cleaner and replace the filter again. The ticking noise will be gone. Run the engine for 20 miles or so and replace the oil & filter again, job done..

[@OtomoTenzi]

How much $$$ did it cost to get it all fixed up?

[@TheLuca777]

Polyurethane bushing is much better, brass is too hard.

[@dank8489]

Poly bushing is not the be all and end all to improvement. There’s plenty of race teams out there that don’t use poly bushing and opt for normal rubber bushing. It’s the home mechanic and internet that just presume poly bushing is an improvement when it isn’t.

[@Fuaarrkk]

@@dank8489 poly bushings have their place, as do rubber bushings and brass bushings. It all comes down to how you treat your car and what you use it for.

[@roostaraver]

When did Mitsubishi start fitting the new lifters was it in the first facelift model

[@_carnage2v927]

99. The last year it was made in the US

[@michaelclouse942]

Mitsubishi did three revisions on their lifters the ones he put in are refered to 3g lifters which came in the third gen eclipse the one refered above are 2g lifters and where prone to coming apart because they didn't use a bottle cap crimp but a clearance fit instead

[@gianicasarini2060]

Hello Blessings to you

[@Cheerupfukface77]

The biggest problem the weak powerplant they really sound of had it come from the factory with a 4g63t

[@armandolugojr8516]

whats the name of the tool your using??? @WheelerDealersTV

[@jeffersonrr]

What kind of mechanic has his hands always clean? Lol

[@sujpuj]

A clean one!

[@rsoul7282]

One who is smart enough to wear correct gloves and use proper hand hygiene maybe? I have plenty of scars from my 25 years as one, but after a while you realise you only get one set of hands, or eyes for that matter.

[@aaron71]

I haven't seen Wheeler Dealers in YEARS. This just popped up in my recommended. Where the heck is Edd??

[@OnlyDoom11]

He left after the decision by I think Mike and whoever makes the programme to make more money off of it by advertisements and stuff so Edd decided it wasn’t for him and went and did his own thing just look up Edd China leaving and you’ll see all about it

[@slippercream]

Oddly enough , lifter tick isn't unique to any one single 6G7x --- or Mitsubishi engine altogether. Even Evos have it. Somehow it's just inherent in Mitsubishi's design. The older they are, the louder they get. With the last and greatest of the Cyclones - the 6G75M, we just learn to live with it. Sounds like a diesel during warmup, and a 4-cyl ticking once it goes to regular idle. I think by far the worst case of tick happens to be in the 6Axx, found in the 7/8G Galants and the one and only FTO. In these, lifters have a polypropylene (plastic) cap to attempt to "soften" that lifter tick. As you might know - plastic cracks easily. Oh well :) It's like arguing semantics between a 2" or 3" exhaust on an unmodified car. Either way, it'll run the same - just crank up the music and you'll drive happy either way.

[@frankschloss2355]

Where can I find a gear shifter like that

[@Fuaarrkk]

The internet

[@iangascoigne8231]

You can never have too much lubrication.

[@CMGDMovies]

I just bought a Jamaican blue 91 VR4. My dream car, gotta pull the engine tho because I got rod knock sadly car was sitting for 15 years

[@huntedhunter5597]

ooowwwww i respect you for not wearing gloves like all these young ens today thinking safety first before skill. Like the blue gloves make them pro. Trust mike to get a left hand drive every penny off counts but be damn sure every grand back on at the end,

[@finlaythompson1424]

Anyone got the brand of that shifter ?

[@Fuaarrkk]

Google search vr4 shifter knob. You’ll find it.

[@barrydavies998]

Dont worry Ant .... Priestly will farm this sort of work out so saving a costly bodge by him by putting thicker oil in to fix the "ticking"

[@aftastosk6016]

That's all? No power upgrade?

[@tsgarage2382]

first gen lifters are the best... just need to clean them an prep them right...

[@neildutton8077]

What about "infamous" valve stem oil seal problem, LOL.

[@colingarner6175]

Ant can you do up my car you don’t seem to charge for labour !!!!!!!

[@emadseksek]

What happened to Ant? Being him back

[@dirkvantroyen9170]

He's staying in the US whereas WD is returning to the UK

[@8145dwerdna]

You could also just... clean/bleed them with diesel

[@KurtWinters]

agreed

[@MoiPloy]

i drilled those port holes up to 2mm and its fine

[@8145dwerdna]

@@MoiPloy did you counter sink it too, so a small puddle can form?

[@MoiPloy]

@@8145dwerdna yup about .5mm so that the rockers just float in oil bassically the same thing what they did with the 3mm upgrade that was back in 1994 i dont have the car anymore sold it to a guy from Philadelphia

[@zachpacella5048]

Links for parts ?

[@1silvervespa]

A hint of Blood makes Noise .

[@rogeriofioravante]

Nikole Mitchell

[@h.mandelene3279]

The video is on an almost 30 year problem and the "fix" doesn't really work as it will tick again.

[@illitero]

THANK YOU for throwing out that childish BOV

[@rbslammed6163]

2nd Gen had 340

[@knobrush]

Hp? no. they had 320.

[@Houji-T]

GTO in Japan

[@michaelsaxonson251]

You absolute muppet, send that BoF to somebody who actually likes that car

[@tristaoadrianodarosa2991]

🚦🚘