Engine Noise

[Max Hoepli]

Thanks.  here in Toronto

Max



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ullrich" <david.ullrich at gmail.com>
To: "Q-list" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: 28, August 2006 11:58
Subject: Re: Engine Noise


> Stuck tappets (lifters). Very common on these I5s. Mine souned like a
diesel
> truck when I got it. First step is making sure you use the RIGHT oil and
> filter. 20w50 oil, and I recomend a semi-synth or a full synth. And make
> sure the filter has both an anti-drainback valve and a pressure relief
valve
> (think Mann or Mahle or K&N Gold). If they still tick after that, you can
> either replace them, or slowly clean the gunk that makes them stick. If
you
> want to clean them, its a fairly long but low effort process. A few
hundred
> miles before an oil change, put some MMO (Marvelous Mystery Oil) into the
> engine oil. How much? You want to put in as much as it takes to slightly
> overfill (within reason) but dont go more than 1/2 quart above the full
line
> on the dipstick. For me, that usually meant somewhere between 1/2 to as
much
> as 1 quart. Drive like normal for a couple hundred miles, then do a
regualar
> oil change with the material mentioned above. The ticking will get a
little
> better with each treatment and eventually may get to where it should be
> (ticks for less than 30 seconds on a cold start). It took my car about a
> year of this treatment for it to totally go away, now she ticks for about
10
> seconds at cold start, and not at all on hot start, and I do the MMO
> treatment 2-3 times a year as maintenance.
>
> Dave
> 1987 CGT 2.3
> SE VA, USA
>
>
> On 8/28/06, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:
> >
> > Some people have remarked if I drive a diesel, I have a 1986 Audi 5000
> > Turbo Quattro. What would cause the noise?
> > It runs fine. Acceleration is good. Gas consumption 9-12 litres/100km.
> >
> > Max
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