Thicker oil for noisy L76?

[macca234]

I have an 06 sedan with a L76 motor in it that sounds like a ####ing diesel

Everyone is saying it's noisy lifters and I tend to agree with that. I'm not really willing to pull the heads off to get this fixed at this point in time however (hopefully putting a cam in next year and will sort it out then)

Anyway the engine has 120k on the clock, a mate of mine who happens to be a diesel mechanic reckons put thicker oil in the engine (mainly due to the mileage but also to hopefully quiet it down a bit)

Done a couple of searches on here and google and people are saying they use up to 10-60 in the same or similar engine. Personally I never trusted to watery 5-30 holden call for, but I ave been using it every service.

Anyone had a similar experience or able to recommend any oils? Any info you have is appreciated

Cheers

 

[bozodos]

Mine ticked worse with 25w50 (put in by mistake from mechanic) than 10w60. I got a cam installed, but ironically the valvetrain is noisier than before haha.

 

[vr304]

Could always try penrite hpr 10, it's a 10 w 50 oil I run it in my ls1 and is good

 

[petern64]

15 40 done the trick for my L76