I think my friend ran his 318i out of oil. What would that sound like?

[Exodus_2pt0]

isn't 2 quarts about 1/2 the oil capacity? lol

Oil pickups are right on the bottom of the pan.... Of course the level will be lower when the engine is running, but 2 quarts is still enough to keep it flowing.

[Wishno87]

...and you're sure it's not your blower fan squeaking, right? Because that is only a few inches from the 4th cylinder area of the valve cover. And mine was making quite a racket recently due to bad bearings.

Probably not, but might as well throw out the simple solution just in case ;)

Oh this is much louder than a noisy blower. I pretty much have to plug my ears when its going. I almost feel like its starter/flywheel related though but the smoke comes from the valvetrain area as well as the back of the block. BTW nice GT6.

[Wishno87]

Oil pickups are right on the bottom of the pan.... Of course the level will be lower when the engine is running, but 2 quarts is still enough to keep it flowing.

I think it may have started when he was driving it around and not all of the oil was settled in the pan since he apparently hadn't checked it in quite a while. We filled it to full capacity now and it still sounds the same

[Exodus_2pt0]

Time to pull the cover and take a look.

FWIW, I have seen engines run totally dry with squealing bearings. They all tend to quiet down after adding oil. Might be something else going on

[irish44j]

Oh this is much louder than a noisy blower. I pretty much have to plug my ears when its going. I almost feel like its starter/flywheel related though but the smoke comes from the valvetrain area as well as the back of the block. BTW nice GT6.

thanks. It has lots of wierd noises ;)

cool, just checking since I just fixed my annoying blower squeal a couple hours ago, so it was on my mind.

[Hey_You]

Distributor gear effed up?

[Wishno87]

Distributor gear effed up?

That is one possibility I have thought of but I don't know anything about m10s haha.

[Jean]

eh it's an m10, it will just limp it off.

bam

[VE3t0R]

Lol he would kill himself. Really though if he can't keep oil in an M10 I don't see it making sense to put a much more expensive motor in. We are getting his eta automatic all ready for him though :giggle:

HEY I need the car pride When I walk like a bawss I'll act like a bawss ;P
I thought if I ignored the problems, they'd go away..
I've been acting like this :crazy: lately though for reasons we'll not talk about here..

[Holland]

10 bucks says it will continue to run for a long time.

[Wishno87]

Eh it's an M10, it will just limp it off.

This seems to be true lol. Ran it for a bit after topping off the oil and the noise went away lol.