[s-cars] Subject: ticking- should i worry?

[Mark Strangways]

Don't forget about Anti-seize as well.
That stirs things up good... and umm Torsens..

There I said it :-)

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Winter" <tom at freeskier.com>
To: "Floyd Noel" <floyd.noel at gmail.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Subject: ticking- should i worry?


> Floyd, I change my oil at approximately 4000 miles, with mobile 1. 
> Everyone
> on the list will tell you to use synthetic. I'd say if you indulge in a 
> lot
> of very spirited driving at high RPMs you may want to change it at 3000. 
> You
> probably can go 5000 w/o worrying. Just use high-quality filters (like
> Mann), not the Fram crap from Wal Mart.
>
> But, I'm guessing that you've just opened a big can o worms for the list.
>
> Nothing like oil to get everyone all excited. ;-)
>
> Tom
> '95 S6 Avant
>
>
> On 10/31/07 7:42 AM, "Floyd Noel" <floyd.noel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sure enough, the oil level is low. What do the experts suggest as far
>> as mileage between oil changes? I was thinking 3000 since the s-car is
>> of the higher mileage persuasion.
>>
>> R/S
>> Floyd Noel
>> Sgt/USMC
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2007, at 6:21 AM, Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Agreed, Tom.  I would further suggest that the oil level would be
>>> better slightly _above_ the full mark.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> At 09:05 AM 10/31/2007, Tom Winter wrote:
>>>>> On 10/31/07 12:13 AM, "Noel wrote: I started hearing a ticking
>>>> sound at idle.
>>>> The engine still seems to run just fine, so I was hoping for some
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>>> Check your oil level. A low level can result in ticking.
>>>>
>>>> And if you are needing to add oil on a regular basis, like every
>>>> 1000 - 2000
>>>> miles, yeah, I'd start to worry about that! And wonder where all
>>>> that smoke
>>>> was coming from, too! ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Good luck.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>> 95 S6 Avant
>>>>
>>>>
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