Alright, so I feel like I am in the right place to ask.
For the past few weeks or so (??) I heard noise on start-up in my engine for about one second, not more than two. Didn't sound good. It went away, would never come back, and only after the oil perhaps drained down and out of the engine back to pan. My engine is flat anyways.
Okay, so. Mystified.. I decided to change the filter, and not the oil. This for a few reasons. One, I don't have the drain pan to catch the oil. Second, I don't have the ramps to get the vehicle up high enough. (These are both things I have to get.) Third, times are hard until that paycheck kicks in and I couldn't spend even $13 on Walmart oil anyways.
So I picked up a new filter.
Changed it, put it in .
Better... BUT, still noise for about a second or so. Sounded like lifter tick but for that first second sounded worse than that.. Now, of course it's not because it went away and also I've heard that this engine needs a second or so to prime as the temperature drops but it still didn't sound exactly right, plus with 5W-30 oil in there I wasn't convinced.
Drove around about a week with the new filter, opening up the door and starting it to hear if it was consistent. About a 60/40 split to where it would and would not do that.
So, I picked up a larger Purolator filter that was not exactly specified for my car. I simply made sure the hole, threads, and mating gasket areas were the same. The Purolator was a 100something model #. I could not help but notice that my car oil filter is not very large, and I was NOT spending $12 for a K&N or a Mobil 1, which were smaller.
And, wouldn't you know ..
Didn't pre-fill it
Heard the noise for about ohhh 4 seconds maybe
And now it is quiet
And the noise has not returned.
Car runs smoother, too.
I believe there is something partially clogged maybe in my oil system, perhaps, maybe. Car with unknown history but..
WHY did this happen.?
For the past few weeks or so (??) I heard noise on start-up in my engine for about one second, not more than two. Didn't sound good. It went away, would never come back, and only after the oil perhaps drained down and out of the engine back to pan. My engine is flat anyways.
Okay, so. Mystified.. I decided to change the filter, and not the oil. This for a few reasons. One, I don't have the drain pan to catch the oil. Second, I don't have the ramps to get the vehicle up high enough. (These are both things I have to get.) Third, times are hard until that paycheck kicks in and I couldn't spend even $13 on Walmart oil anyways.
So I picked up a new filter.
Changed it, put it in .
Better... BUT, still noise for about a second or so. Sounded like lifter tick but for that first second sounded worse than that.. Now, of course it's not because it went away and also I've heard that this engine needs a second or so to prime as the temperature drops but it still didn't sound exactly right, plus with 5W-30 oil in there I wasn't convinced.
Drove around about a week with the new filter, opening up the door and starting it to hear if it was consistent. About a 60/40 split to where it would and would not do that.
So, I picked up a larger Purolator filter that was not exactly specified for my car. I simply made sure the hole, threads, and mating gasket areas were the same. The Purolator was a 100something model #. I could not help but notice that my car oil filter is not very large, and I was NOT spending $12 for a K&N or a Mobil 1, which were smaller.
And, wouldn't you know ..
Didn't pre-fill it
Heard the noise for about ohhh 4 seconds maybe
And now it is quiet
And the noise has not returned.
Car runs smoother, too.
I believe there is something partially clogged maybe in my oil system, perhaps, maybe. Car with unknown history but..
WHY did this happen.?