Okay so I bought this 1990 LX 2.3L mustang 2 days ago and it has a loud
clacking sound, the owner said it was the lifters, and sounded like it
to me. So i picked up the car, and today swapped the lifters. To my
disapointment the noise was still exactly the same! The sound is
comming from the rear off the motor, and it about half the engine RPM.
It is pretty loud metal on metal banging sound. It is high pitched,
which sounds like its not the bottom end, and it even sounds to be
comming from just under the valve cover. When I let off the throttle
cruiseing the noise quiets down a bit.

While I was in their I also replace the plugs, wires, cap and rotor.

So please if anybody has any idea please let me know! I am really
stumped and down wanna dump any more money into it for nothing. I also
cleaned the engine out with intake cleaner, so I don't think it could
be carbon.


Thanks, Cory