I only wished to point out that there is no "one size fits all" best oil for all climates or builds. My car is driven hard, in a hot climate in the summer (90-100 degrees), I have an oil cooler, oil temp gauge, and oil pressure gauge. I've personally found the 5w-50 maintains the most consistent oil pressure at temp in my climate, and is also acceptably quiet on cold starts in our relatively mild winters.
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Originally posted by bimmerteck View PostOil usually hovers around 180f in traffic rarely cracks 210f driven very hard. Pressure is 55 psi at cold start hovers just above 18 psi at warm idle.
PS- thanks for the compliments on the build though it'll never truly be "done" :)
Your sensor is in the pan right?
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To my knowledge, lifters start to tick when they start to be clogged, when your oil is very low, or if your oil doesnt get changed often enough.
If you only change oil after 5000 miles or longer, the oil eventually becomes too thick and wont be able to get through the lifters as easily. Or the pump wont be able to pump the oil as easily. 3000 miles is suggested for conventional and about 5000 for synthetic.
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Originally posted by hidden_edirty_power View PostYeah I just got done doing this.I Followed those instructions exactly. I didn't make a difference for me. So what I'm going to do next is get my oil pressure tested, I'm suspecting I may need a new oil pump. Also I've been told that the vanos will sometimes knock and this sounds very similar to noisy lifters. So I'll be investigating those next and see where that takes me
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Originally posted by jharrel View Posti use liquimoly gt1 10w60. runs extremely good. noticed a huge difference when switching to this. also the whole atf trick to clean out an engine is a myth.
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Originally posted by butters View PostI'd be wary of a -60 weight in these motors, it is not the correct oil and you may be causing damage. Perhaps submit a sample to Blackstone at next change. M engines since the S62/S54 have been developed for it, but the E36-gen cars are intended to run on -40 or even -30 weight.
Originally posted by frankie591 View PostI remember hearing something about a GM lifter that is for all intents & purposes identical to the 24v lifters but significantly cheaper, and lighter as well. Anybody have any info about these?
If the HLA setup is replaced with solid lifters and set up properly there cannot be any lifter tick. (hla is the reason tick can be)OBD1 M54/M52TU swap as a M50b25
Z4 non powered steering rack fits e30
Euro e46 2005/6 320d 6mt gearbox into E30 with M20 hardy and beck 1985 327s engine
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In my E34 it seems to be getting not louder, but more frequent and even in the colder temps where it didn't use to tick. Suspecting my oil pump is starting to go out. Once it warms up a bit I'm going to drop the pan and hopefully replace it.91 318is M50 swapped
05 Honda Pilot
24V swap thread
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=302524
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