efsedanlove.
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valve tapping, oil fix?sorry for my newb question but my valves are tapping REALLY loud, so I brang it to a shop. The mechanic said that the valves are in good condition and space correctly? or something like that. He recommended that I just use a higher viscosity oil change and the tapping should go away. OH btw I have 191,xxx miles. any recommendations? comments?
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TheEFsedanKid
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Re: valve tapping, oil fix? | gotrice wrote: | | sorry for my newb question but my valves are tapping REALLY loud, so I brang it to a shop. The mechanic said that the valves are in good condition and space correctly? or something like that. He recommended that I just use a higher viscosity oil change and the tapping should go away. OH btw I have 191,xxx miles. any recommendations? comments? |
what kind of oil are you running in the car?
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efsedanlove.
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I dont know what kind of oil is in there now, I just bought the car and didnt think to ask, but the mechanic I brang it to somehow knew what kind of oil it was buy rubbing/looking at the dipstick... he said it was 5W30
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JDQCIVIC4DR
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damm just by feeling the oil he knew what grade of oil whata pro. try it out just drain out the oil to 20/50 see if the sound goes away. i tried it out with my bro mightymax did a valve job (has cracked rockerarm) switched to 20/50 didnt tick aloud but gas mileage got little worse heavier thicker oil = more stress to motor compared to 5/30 oil. my d15 had no valve adjust for 100,000 miles, and lived little pass 300,xxx miles. until motor swap.
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efsedanlove.
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update.
I changed the oil from 5W30 to 10W30, tapping went away but theres ANOTHER tapping noise.. well knocking noise. come to find out my water pump is on its way to death.
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JM Graphics
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| gotrice wrote: | update.
I changed the oil from 5W30 to 10W30, tapping went away but theres ANOTHER tapping noise.. well knocking noise. come to find out my water pump is on its way to death. |
In any tapping situation, thicker oil could help deaden the sound but it's still a tap. I had a car and i tried doing thicker oil and it ended up being a wrist pin which then made me rebuild the motor.
Tapping could be, valves, bearings, wrist pin, timing area ect 
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