[s-cars] Spark Plugs

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Well, when the Mitsu starts the idle tick that sounds like lifters, I 
usually just play around with the throttle cable, holding the car at 3k, 4k, 
5k, 6k, 7k, etc with no load on the motor for about 20-30 seconds at each 
interval. Stops making noise for a while after that.

Now whether that actually fixes the problem or just beats the lifters into 
submission, you be the judge.

On 9/13/05, Bill Clancy <clancybill at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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