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

[Ron Einblau]

Jumping in with both feet and an elbow.
I use Castrol 10W50 and after spirited driving always check oil 
levels.  I can push about a litre of oil out the engine every 1500 
kilometers with spirited highway driving.  So with a good filter, 
changing oil at less than 6 or 8000 km does not make a lot of sense 
to me - or my mechanic (he and his father have worked on audis and 
URS's for a long, long time).



At 07:19 AM 10/31/2007, Mark Strangways wrote:
>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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Ron Einblau
93 S4
Vancouver, B.C.