[s-cars] New S6 owner / engine noise

[Tom Green]

Lee

I think he pretty much eliminated lifters as the source when the noise
quit with the clutch disengaged, car moving or not...

So, what is it ?  I don't know.  But I would be trying to localize  
the source
of the noise.  I don't know about using a broomstick, since the wife  
doesn't
like me to cut off all her broom handles, and the straw sticks in  
your ear if
you don't. :-)   I guess I would be looking around that bell-housing  
but really
hoping I didn't have to open up the clutch to find the problem.  Is  
there a
doctor in the house ?  (stethoscope needed)

Tom


> The wheelman wheels:

> Audis will frequently display lifter noise on regular oil or on
> low oil.
>
> Swap out that dino with Mobil 1 and you may lose the noise. Then
> everything will be good.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
> On Tue May 09 12:17:09 PDT 2006, Eric Rechlin <quattro at rechlin.us>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>
>>
>> The oil hadn't been changed recently (it had been 8 months and
>> 7,000 miles), though the previous owner had been good about
>> maintenance, so I had the oil changed on Saturday (10w30 regular
>> oil), but that didn't affect the noise.