oil question
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How many miles? Is the engine giving you trouble - knocking/rattling/tapping, loss of oil pressure, burning oil, leaking? If not, the old rule of thumb would apply: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it..."
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Probably like me. I grew up with 10w-40 and 20w-50 in the older cars and Florida heat. Then with six diesels taking 15w-40 and the Hemi powered 2500HD being happy with 5w-30, 5w-20 "seems" too thin. It seems to result in excellent UOA's over at BITOG so I just need to get used to the thought of it. Goes in looking like Iced tea and comes out looking like coffee. But it works.
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well the truck is hitting the 200000 km mark and it just seems to be ticking a bit under the hood. the only time i hear the tick is at 1000 rpms and at low idle but 1000 is when i really notice it, the plugs are all good, and it has a leak right at the transmission and oil pan. its oil not tranny fluid. not leaking bad but i pick my truck apart all the time. the idle on the truck has been getting wierd, it wants to stall with im creeping the truck into a parking stall i dont know what it is thought maybe a vaccume leak or something ?
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The louder ticking noise may be a cam phazer or a cam fowller, heavier oil is not going to fix that.
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Post Fiend
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Yeah, the idling problem has nothing to do with the oil - probably the IAC valve - and the tapping could be an injector.
If you're worried about the tapping, have a tech listen to it, identify it and go from there. Assuming an additive or a change in oil vis will fix it would be a waste of time and money.
If you're worried about the tapping, have a tech listen to it, identify it and go from there. Assuming an additive or a change in oil vis will fix it would be a waste of time and money.
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