It doesn't last very long- when she warms up it all but goes away! Normal? Just don't want anything starving for oil!!
2006 w/78K (ALL highway)
Slight tick on startup?
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Pathfinder101
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Have you ever heard of or used Seafoam? This will clean your lifters, upper cylinders and injectors. I did it and got much better fuel mileage (20 avg up from 16 avg). I also use Lucas Oil Upper cylinder lubricant which increases fuel mileage by 2-3 mpg. It costs $10 for a 32 oz bottle and I use 3-4 oz each fill up. It averages out to $1.25 extra each fill up.
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jump n fish
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Bump.
Bought an 06 that has this problem. If the engine's been shut down for more than and hour or so, it ticks for about 2 seconds on startup. Tried different oil filters and even put a higher viscosity oil in it for a little bit with no luck. Nothing seems to solve this problem.
Anybody have any recommendations? Do all R51's do this, or am I on my way to a very costly repair?
I'm concerned that over time it could cause enough wear to be concerned with. So if there's any possible cause/solution to this problem now, I'd love to hear it.
Only 80,000 on the vehicle.
Bought an 06 that has this problem. If the engine's been shut down for more than and hour or so, it ticks for about 2 seconds on startup. Tried different oil filters and even put a higher viscosity oil in it for a little bit with no luck. Nothing seems to solve this problem.
Anybody have any recommendations? Do all R51's do this, or am I on my way to a very costly repair?
I'm concerned that over time it could cause enough wear to be concerned with. So if there's any possible cause/solution to this problem now, I'd love to hear it.
Only 80,000 on the vehicle.
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jump n fish
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- Location: Mississippi
Not trying to take away from anybody else's experiences, but I'm not a believer in additives and have no intention of ever adding them to my oil, unless I really found one that was backed with good data. I just don't think some magic fluid will solve all my problems.
However, in this circumstance I might believe that a synthetic oil or perhaps the quality of oil I'm using could be a factor. I've tried both Valvoline 5-30 and 10-30 with no change, and have tried two types of oil filters. I've read some one here saw an improvement with a higher end oil filter, so I'm curious exactly which one would be worth trying.
This is my first vehicle with DOHC's, so is this fairly common with this type of engine, and I'm curious if the problem is ignored if I'm going to see any serious wear over time?
Hard to think an engine with 80,000 miles could have a tick already. Especially when it doesn't burn a drop of oil between two 3,000 mile changes.
However, in this circumstance I might believe that a synthetic oil or perhaps the quality of oil I'm using could be a factor. I've tried both Valvoline 5-30 and 10-30 with no change, and have tried two types of oil filters. I've read some one here saw an improvement with a higher end oil filter, so I'm curious exactly which one would be worth trying.
This is my first vehicle with DOHC's, so is this fairly common with this type of engine, and I'm curious if the problem is ignored if I'm going to see any serious wear over time?
Hard to think an engine with 80,000 miles could have a tick already. Especially when it doesn't burn a drop of oil between two 3,000 mile changes.
All I can do is state some is my personal experiences of the MotorKote product:jump n fish wrote:Not trying to take away from anybody else's experiences, but I'm not a believer in additives and have no intention of ever adding them to my oil, unless I really found one that was backed with good data. I just don't think some magic fluid will solve all my problems.
I have used a chain saw over 50 yrs (not commercially). Went through many a chain & bar. They now last longer and I adjust the bar about half as often because the bar is less hot. Explain this: Add a little to your 2 cycle gas/oil mixture. Now it idles much faster & you’d better adjust the carb idle so the clutch doesn’t grab, spinning the chain when you set the saw down & hurt someone. As for my PF, shortly after purchase (66K), I had the window down & heard slight motor noises one day. Not sure what, timing chain tensioners??? With the first oil change after purchase, I added MK. Haven’t heard since. Yes, I’m a believer.
On late-nite trucking radio shows they often talk about MK vs. Lucas. MK has a lot of followers, the owner/operators that use motors for a living. Testimonials can be found at motorkote dot com.
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