[s-cars] Spark Plugs

[Bill Clancy]

Great question.  

When I first bought mine... I had that chronic lifter noise for about a year.    Then one way a mechanic (who sported himself as an Euro-car enthusiast) changed the oil with Redline.    He said (cuz I didn't actually witness this) that he was able to rev it up for a while and then the lifter noise went away.     That was 70,000 miles ago.   I don't know what exactly happened that day, but I doubt it had anything to do with the label on the oil.     

Since then I have been running regular (whatever is on hand) motor oil.   Kendal, Castrol...whatever.    And when my oil is low, I buy whatever is on the shelf at the gas station wherever I might be.     Engine runs great at 125,000 miles.    
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matt Molyneux 
  To: Bill Clancy 
  Cc: Pasqualoni, James E ; northrup ; s-car-list at audifans.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:28 PM
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] Spark Plugs


  I really don't have much to say about whether or not a "bad" oil exists, but I do wonder about lifter noise. I have read that high performance oils, like Red Line, can actually reduce engine noise vesus Mobil 1. I have been using Mobil 1 since the day I got the car and I have always noticed at least some excess ticking coming from the engine. Has anyone had this sticky lifter problem and solved it (reduced the noise) using a certain oil or an oil additive? 

  Matt


  On 9/13/05, Bill Clancy <clancybill at yahoo.com> wrote:
    I don't actually run Safeway brand oil.   But truthfully... I couldn't tell
    you what is in there right now.  I just keep it clean and topped off.
    No-name brands are just repackaged name brands anyway.    I don't think 
    there is a motor oil manufacturer who makes "bad" oil and then re-packages
    it.     I am sure there are differences...I've just never seen any direct
    evidence of it.     Still, I feel better too about pouring in a quart of 
    Castrol versus the no-name brand from the gas station.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Pasqualoni, James E" <james.pasqualoni at gs.com>
    To: "'Bill Clancy'" < clancybill at yahoo.com>; "northrup"
    <northrup at crazybug.com>
    Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com >
    Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:10 AM
    Subject: RE: [s-cars] Spark Plugs


    > On Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 1:57 PM, Bill Clancy coked:
    >
    > BTW, I have the same theory on motor oil.   Last time I was at my nice 
    > European auto shop, he charged me $6.50/quart and I think $20 for a
    > filter.
    > Cost for an oil change: $80.00.     Safeway brand Oil would have been just
    > fine.
    > ---------------------------------------- 
    > Bill,
    >
    > I disagree wholeheartedly on your oil assumption.  If you run higher than
    > stock boost levels and use Safeway oil, you will discover that there is a
    > major difference in the quality of different motor oils-as you're trying 
    > to
    > figure out why your K24 failed.  I suggest getting yourself a Fumoto valve
    > and changing your own oil with good stuff.  Guarantee your cost will be
    > well
    > below the $80 your European auto shop charged ;-) 
    >
    > Jim
    >


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