Re: Girlfriend running Engine with low Oil, 90 golf 8v

Jul 01, 2003 6 Replies


It started off making noises, like the lifters not calibrating or


> adjusting correctly then it would go away. I thought that maybe the
> lifters would need adjustment was goign to do it sunday. She came back
> from a 80 mile round trip today and the engine sounds horrible, sounds
> like its on a death rattle, but the engine power is normal, doesnt
> havea sputter, fires right up. Doesnt idel abnormally. Just makes a
> god awful noise. I checked the oil level it was near the end of the
> dipstick. We walked down to the gas staion at 2am and bought 4 Qurts
> of 20-50 put 2 in and it filled it up, looked like on the stick
> anywho. Started it up, and making that same horrible noise. Any idea
> what the issue "might be"
>
> ????

bump


We had one customer who didn't think his New Beetle needed an oil change...he just drove it until the oil light was on, then he added oil, and continued driving....the cycle continued for about 15,000 kilometers...than the engine died.

- Pete

the latest VW manuals recommend changing it every 5000 miles. do you disagree with them ?

dv

on my beater fox...i change my oil once every 6 months...regardless of odometer reading. It is a beater so i just dont care. I put on roughly 80kms a day...so you do the math. It all depends on how important the car is to you. hehe Some guys with seriously cool cars change their oil every 3000miles

Tunrned out to be a Water pump go figure..

Before I was "into" checking oil I set out on a trip to wales in my Polo on a hot sunny day. It was feeling a bit stiff so I pulled into a garage. The dipstick was completely dry, waggling it about had no effect. There was no coolant either, you could see right down the tube. Topped them both up and the car drove beautifully for another

4-5 years!

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