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

[Floyd Noel]

Yes, it sure seems to. I'm just trying to decide which weight to use,  
now. I was thinking of using 10W30, seeing as I usually only drive  
about 10 minutes to work (about 3 miles each way) and it is usually  
cool (40• to 50• F or so) outside when I do so, and the motor  
doesn't warm up much. Is there any advantages to using a lighter  
weight like 15W50?
R/S
Floyd Noel
Sgt/USMC

On Oct 31, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Tom Winter <tom at freeskier.com> wrote:

> Floyd, what did I tell ya, oil gets the list excited!
>
> Just for the record, I find that I, like Ron, go through some oil  
> between
> changes. My "spirited" driving consists of winding out the avant on  
> I-70 in
> Colorado, usually uphill. There's a great hill right by Georgetown  
> and it's
> nice and steep, with no cops or speed traps. Same goes for heading  
> out of
> Vail eastbound on the west side of Vail Pass. (no speed traps  
> eastbound, but
> I pity the fool who speeds down the pass going west). By winding it  
> out, I'm
> talking 100mph - 130mph when the roads are empty, early in the AM. I  
> usually
> only do this going uphill, due the prolific nature of speed traps on  
> 70
> targeting those going downhill too fast (something about people who  
> can't go
> fast uphill makes them speed like crazy on the downhills, not sure  
> why that
> is?).
>
> The car has about 160k, with a rebuilt head, rs2 exhaust manifold,  
> stebro
> exhaust and a MTM stage 1 chip.
>
> Regardless, of the many valid opinions here, I'm sticking to my 4000-5000
> mile changes. I can drop off my old oil at the town of Vail bus barn  
> for
> recycling (2 min away from my home), and it's a fast and easy way to  
> keep my
> engine happy.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 10/31/07 10:38 AM, "cody at 5000tq.com" <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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