I run Mobil 1, and I don't get noisy lifters ever... I think the more
important thing to prevent drainback into the pan is your oil filter...
which one are you running? make sure it has an anti-drainback valve in it
(Mobil 1's filter does, that's what I use.. so does a Purolator pure one
filter) I don't think the bottom of the line Fram uses an anti-drainback,
as well as some other brands...
Gary Shook
Penrose, CO
> Hi all,
>
> Any one experience noisy lifters in a '98 V6? I'm running Mobil 1
(switched
> about 10K miles ago) and am currently at 31K miles. The problem is only
> noticeable when I start it up after it's been sitting there for hours.
I'm
> thinkig that the oil is draining from the lifters while the engine's off,
> but it didn't use to, so I'm concerned. Either way, my wife is taking
> tomorrow off, and she'll take the truck in to have the engine flushed and
> "natural" oil put in it; I don't want to risk the dealership coming back
> saying that my choice of synthetic oil has voided my warranty.
>
> I did check the oil a couple days ago, and it was still in the "safe"
area,
> but not 100% full. I topped it off, thinking this might be the problem,
but
> the noise persists. I'm at a loss for ideas here. Even if it's not
really
> a pressing issue, I am still concerned that this wear at startup is going
to
> wear out the engine prematurely; and I have long-terms plans that involve
> this truck! Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> BTW - as an update, I *did* take the Dakota in about a month ago regarding
> the wiggling bed and pinging. They updated my computer software, but it
> didn't fix the problem and they clamed they could not reproduce the
problem.
> The service advisor wrote down that "rear cab" wiggled instead of "bed",
so
> they weren't able to reproduce that either. This after I'd explained to
him
> that he need only hop in, drive over railroad tracks, and look in the rear
> view mirror - all would be revealed. That was Huffines in Lewisville,
> Texas; a suburb of Dallas. This time I'm taking it to McKinney Dodge to
see
> what they say. Hopefully someone will fix these problems; this is my
> favorite of the vehicles I've owned thus far, and it's frustrating that
it's
> plagued by these problems!
>
> Incidently, if I take it in this time and they still don't fix the pinging
> or the bed, I'm eligible for the lemon law. Not that I think I'd take it;
> I'm too in love with this truck. But it's just a matter of time (and 5k
> more miles) before I break down and throw a fit. Could land me an R/T....
> :-)
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
>
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> Tibor Kun
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