Pentastar Startup Rattle

[Audiman]

Most euro diesels use this set up with a plastic cap and plastic housing and although I have seen one cracked the cap was known to have been over tightened, causing it to crack when heat cycled. Maybe the heat from it being a petrol is part of the issue do you think? Hotter oil pre oil cooler going through the filter housing?

 

[Dexter1]

Most euro diesels use this set up with a plastic cap and plastic housing and although I have seen one cracked the cap was known to have been over tightened, causing it to crack when heat cycled. Maybe the heat from it being a petrol is part of the issue do you think? Hotter oil pre oil cooler going through the filter housing?

It would certainly be beneficial to have the cooled oil enter the filter first as a lot of other filter/cooler systems are configured this way.

 

[Ram02]

2016 Caravan ticks on startup after even an hour sitting. In cooler weather it'll moan like a hydraulic pump on startup - power steering pump I think. Bought it with 57k miles, now at 90k miles. It's the loudest vehicle I've ever been in that wasn't deliberately made louder. Engine, exhaust and even transmission whine during moderate to heavy accel (no change with trans service with Mopar ATF). It sounds like a tank. But seems to run fine.

Thats a Gen 1 pentastar motor it might need camshaft and lifters also check the oil filter adapter housing for oil leaks