gogoboygareth
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Hi all,
It's been a long time since I posted here.... from when I first bought my Commodore VXII with 20k on the clock.
I've now hit 190k, and I'm starting to feel that my engine is wearing out!
Basically, on first startup in the morning, sometimes the engine will make a banging sound for 5 seconds until the oil circulates. It's not a ticking sound (i.e. from the head), it sounds a bit lower & louder than that.
I'm now using 20W50 oil - used to use 10W30, but the engine started to use a bit of oil.
So.... is it just because of the oil, or is my engine about to blow up?
It doesn't do it every morning - I've been trying to make a video of it over the past few days to show my mechanic, but it hasn't done it for the past two days.
It's been a long time since I posted here.... from when I first bought my Commodore VXII with 20k on the clock.
I've now hit 190k, and I'm starting to feel that my engine is wearing out!
Basically, on first startup in the morning, sometimes the engine will make a banging sound for 5 seconds until the oil circulates. It's not a ticking sound (i.e. from the head), it sounds a bit lower & louder than that.
I'm now using 20W50 oil - used to use 10W30, but the engine started to use a bit of oil.
So.... is it just because of the oil, or is my engine about to blow up?
It doesn't do it every morning - I've been trying to make a video of it over the past few days to show my mechanic, but it hasn't done it for the past two days.