sleavz
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Hi guys,
A friend has a VZ workhorse with some issues -- I'm hoping a relatively inexpensive solution can be found, at least to bide some time and to avoid scrapping the car. Basically, the car has had the issue of requiring an oil top up every now and again. Just recently, oil light came on several times when driving (with the car warm).
I checked the oil and it was fine -- maybe even a little overfilled. As far as I know, the oil was regularly checked and never left to run dry.
The oil light is still coming on regularly when driven, and now what has been described as a tapping or lifter noise (?) that makes the car sound "like a tractor". Once again, these issues only present when the car is warm. The car has at least 250k on it (V6) and mechanically looked after otherwise. Regularly serviced with 5w30, which is what is in it now. The condition of the car is quite poor cosmetically, and so any major work is not really feasible, so to avoid scrapping, it seems worthwhile to at least see if it can be improved for the time being.
Any suggestions? I've had cars with tapping before (improved with running thicker oil), but no real flashing of the check oil light -- not sure if this suggests a larger issue.
Should I try suggesting a thicker oil like 10w40, 15w-40, 15w-50, 20w-50?
Trying the above with a lifter noise reducer additive?
Leave the 5w30 in there and just add the lifter noise reducer additive as a first point of call?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers.
A friend has a VZ workhorse with some issues -- I'm hoping a relatively inexpensive solution can be found, at least to bide some time and to avoid scrapping the car. Basically, the car has had the issue of requiring an oil top up every now and again. Just recently, oil light came on several times when driving (with the car warm).
I checked the oil and it was fine -- maybe even a little overfilled. As far as I know, the oil was regularly checked and never left to run dry.
The oil light is still coming on regularly when driven, and now what has been described as a tapping or lifter noise (?) that makes the car sound "like a tractor". Once again, these issues only present when the car is warm. The car has at least 250k on it (V6) and mechanically looked after otherwise. Regularly serviced with 5w30, which is what is in it now. The condition of the car is quite poor cosmetically, and so any major work is not really feasible, so to avoid scrapping, it seems worthwhile to at least see if it can be improved for the time being.
Any suggestions? I've had cars with tapping before (improved with running thicker oil), but no real flashing of the check oil light -- not sure if this suggests a larger issue.
Should I try suggesting a thicker oil like 10w40, 15w-40, 15w-50, 20w-50?
Trying the above with a lifter noise reducer additive?
Leave the 5w30 in there and just add the lifter noise reducer additive as a first point of call?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers.