Bad lifters? Options

[Taxiwardance]

Alright well I Had a bad oil leak coming from somewhere on the front case. This is my daily (only) driver so I had been putting it off for a while. I was driving around town last night and the oil pressure light came on (gauge doesn’t work). So I went to Wal-Mart and bought some oil and put 2 quarts in and decided I would put in some oil additive to try and thicken it up slightly so the oil wouldn’t leak as bad. BAD IDEA!!! I started it up and was on my way down the interstate when I started hearing a clicking noise coming from the engine. I got maybe 3 miles then pulled off and into a parking lot. When I slowed down I noticed that the clicking had turned into more of a thumping sound that was shaking my foot through the clutch pedal. I accelerated and it started making a louder thumping noise and would not pick up at all. With the pedal to the floor I got up to maybe 15mph after a good min. I pulled over and let it run for a second and it just got louder and then started shaking bad and making weird noises so I got nervous and shut it down before it shut itself down. I didn’t really get the chance to check to much to find where the noise was coming from but I thought maybe lifters or a rod from the noise? The timing is fine and it didn’t skip any teeth. I got it towed back today and am in the process of tearing it apart to fix the oil leak and find out what the problem was. Anybody know what this may be. I know I wasn’t thinking when I added the oil treatment and that’s why I think it may be the lifters, but I’ve never had a problem with them before so I don’t know what to look for. It was fine before I added the oil. I’m going nuts trying to diagnosing this damn car. Anyone have an idea what’s up?

[Mike]

Umm yeah dont get the TOP LINE kit! Man I cant believe that some actualy suggested this kit what a dumb ass! maybe someone should kick him off the board!