[chris_yoda]

My I love my Audi, but the engine seems to tick loudly when i first start it up.... im sure its the lifters, but not too sure..... what else do you have to replace when you do the lifters, cam too?

 

[audiden]

The hydraulic lifters start to stick with age & the general fix would be to replace them. Though I'm not aware that you have to do anything else regards the cam?

Some people are against this but I did an engine flush during the course of an oil change on my old 90 & added an upper cylinder lube to the new oil & this seemed to cure a permanently stuck lifter. Best to avoid these engine flushes if servicing has been patchy or non existant so they say.