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

Wed Oct 31 11:12:17 PDT 2007

15W50 is heavier than 10W30. Advantage to using a lighter oil would be
better flow characteristics in cold weather when the oil is cold- for winter
use, you might want to consider a 5W30, although it is my experience that
the older Audi engines (I-5 especially) were not built to use lightweight
oils- my 200 liked 15W50, even though I consider that to be a little too
heavy for wintertime use, take that with a big grain of salt.

Taka

On 10/31/07, Floyd Noel <floyd.noel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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