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

[cody at 5000tq.com]

I wouldn't be even remotely worried about the oil going much further.  
What I'd be worried about is all the sh!t floating arround in it thats  
getting ground through your bearings and stuck in your oil galleys. An  
oil filter is NOT as good at it's job as some would have you believe,  
not to mention then when it gets clogged up it gets bypassed anyways.  
Even just the basic resitance of the filter meadia will slightly open  
the bypass valve and let small stuff through in many cases, especially  
in 10 year old engines where the spring on the bypass isn't quite as  
strong as it used to be.

-Cody Forbes



Quoting Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>:

> i had an oil analysis done last year, after 7500 miles on mobil 1   
> 15W-50 synthetic.  based on that analysis, it appears the oil could   
> have gone at least another 5000 miles.  i decided to keep changing   
> at 7500 miles for peace of mind.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Floyd Noel <floyd.noel at gmail.com>
> To: Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org>
> Cc: Tom Winter <tom at freeskier.com>; "s-car-list at audifans.com"   
> <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:42:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Subject:  ticking- should i worry?
>
>
> 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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