Hey everyone. I’ve owned this 04 wj for about a year now and I’ve only had to change the oil twice so far. It’s my daily in the winter then kinda a trail back road rig in the summer as we leave it at our cabin. I’ve been running 10w30 rotella t4 and wix filter since I’ve owned it. It’s pretty noisy. I know they are noisy engines but after changing the oil today upon start up it sounded louder with clean oil now lol. I let it warm up and it sounded a little louder than it normally does when warm. I run the t4 year round and I’m in Michigan. The jeep runs good but noisy. My noise doesn’t clear up after it’s warmed up. It usually will subside a tad when warm. The jeep has 183k on it. Wondering if I should be looking at running something else to combat the noise and maybe quiet it down a touch? Honestly this has to be the noisiest engine I’ve ever owned.
When I got it we put a lot of work into it since it had been sitting for a couple years. I had the pan off and everything looked good. Didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. I also had the valve cover off and changed the gasket and had no collapsed lifters or anything like that. If I had to guess the noise is mid engine so it probably is a lifter. Definitely louder from under the jeep. Well any suggestions are appreciated! Thank you.
When I got it we put a lot of work into it since it had been sitting for a couple years. I had the pan off and everything looked good. Didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. I also had the valve cover off and changed the gasket and had no collapsed lifters or anything like that. If I had to guess the noise is mid engine so it probably is a lifter. Definitely louder from under the jeep. Well any suggestions are appreciated! Thank you.