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[Mark Edie bower]

Buying 2004 Eddie Bower 4.6 v8 with 148,000 miles for short in town driving. Runs good, have tapping like lifters on old cars. Should i bye it a 3250. It's a 4X4 automatic transmission.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! It might have the wrong oil. A thin oil will sometimes do this.

 

[Mike65]

Welcome.