Oils that quiets Valvetrain

[Korean_redneck]

All the oils ive used in my car.. Supertech, Supertech Semi Syn, Supertech SYn, Shell Conventional, Castrol Synthetic, Mobil 1 all proved to be good oils for my car. My next choice of oil will be 50% Valvoline Conv. and 50% Valvoline Maxlife Synthetic. I want a oil that will quiet my valvetrain because of Hyundai's crappy Lifter noise. I've heard that some oils work for making them quieter.. which oils made your valves quieter?

 

[Thatwouldbegreat]

Redline

ARX treatment

 

[Korean_redneck]

well, ive doen 2 ARX treatments

 

[Alan]

Have you tried either GC or Mobil 1 0W40?
Perhaps a 15W40?

 

[moribundman]

Syntec 5W-50 and Mobil 1 5W-40 make the valve train in my Audi 2.8 V6 whisper quiet. Mobil 1 0W-40 makes it sound like a rattle trap at hot idle.

 

[97tbird]

Here's a combi suggestion:
Havoline HM 10/30 plus a 0.5 btl of VSOT

 

[wavinwayne]

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Originally posted by moribundman:
Syntec 5W-50 and Mobil 1 5W-40 make the valve train in my Audi 2.8 V6 whisper quiet. Mobil 1 0W-40 makes it sound like a rattle trap at hot idle.

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I just put Mobil 1 0w40 in my VW GTI 1.8T this past weekend. It's been 12k miles since I've used this oil; I've been running GC for the last 12k.

I'm going to keep a close ear on things, just to see if my VW makes the odd noises other have reported while running Mobil 1 0w40. I never paid any attention to the sound of the engine before. To be honest, it has always been very quiet, even when I ran SuperTech 5w30 conventional & a Fram EG filter.

 

[Bobert]

Someone awhile ago said Valvoline Durablend 10w30 helped quiet their valvetrain noise. VSOT also helps quiet things down.

 

[Russ]

Never had an issue with valvetrain noise, but after switching to Havoline conventional, things seem to be quieter under the hood of my F-150 (this goes for both 10w30 and 5W-20).

 

[Zaedock]

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Originally posted by Korean_redneck:
All the oils ive used in my car.. Supertech, Supertech Semi Syn, Supertech SYn, Shell Conventional, Castrol Synthetic, Mobil 1 all proved to be good oils for my car. My next choice of oil will be 50% Valvoline Conv. and 50% Valvoline Maxlife Synthetic. I want a oil that will quiet my valvetrain because of Hyundai's crappy Lifter noise. I've heard that some oils work for making them quieter.. which oils made your valves quieter?

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Hyundai's don't have lifters (OHC). You may need a rocker arm adjustment, though.
You can run a thicker oil to quiet things down a bit, but if adjustments are needed, then no oil is going to help.

 

[Drew99GT]

Pennzoil High Mileage 5w30 made my noisy engine the quietest.

 

[moribundman]

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I just put Mobil 1 0w40 in my VW GTI 1.8T this past weekend. It's been 12k miles since I've used this oil; I've been running GC for the last 12k.

I'm going to keep a close ear on things, just to see if my VW makes the odd noises other have reported while running Mobil 1 0w40.

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wavinwayne, I'm not aware of any 1.8T owner reporting noise issues with Mobil 1 0W-40 in the 1.8T. The 2.8 V6 is very different engine, a fossil, really.

 

[mechtech]

A tappet, valve bucket, or lifter, are all proper terms, and generally interchangeable.

 

[wavinwayne]

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Originally posted by moribundman:

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I just put Mobil 1 0w40 in my VW GTI 1.8T this past weekend. It's been 12k miles since I've used this oil; I've been running GC for the last 12k.

I'm going to keep a close ear on things, just to see if my VW makes the odd noises other have reported while running Mobil 1 0w40.

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wavinwayne, I'm not aware of any 1.8T owner reporting noise issues with Mobil 1 0W-40 in the 1.8T. The 2.8 V6 is very different engine, a fossil, really.

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IIRC, "slickfisher" said it also makes his 1.8T sound like a rattletrap. A lot of the folks on the vwvortex also loathe Mobil 1 0w40. But, then again, those 'texers are a different breed.

 

[JTK]

Carquest 5w-20 and havoline 5w-20 made my 2002 isuzu rodeo 3.2L quiet as a church mouse. The direct acting valvetrain on these is normally pretty clickedy-clickedy. I will admitt though, I chickened out & went back to 5w30 for fear of excessive cam/bucket wear. Isuzu doent spec anything under 5w30

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G/luck
Joel