Intrepid175

Did you ever hear any knocking? If the engine was always quiet, you "might" have gotten away with this but only time will tell.

Good luck,
Steve R.

cyber_x

Frankly I don't trust my untrained ears enough to know what knocking sounds like. What types of sounds should I be listening for? All I know for now is that the engine sounds the same as it did before all this.

Also, what types of symptoms of impending doom should I be watching for? Is it just knocking or are there other things I should keep an eye on?

Finally, is it possible for problems to manifest thousands of miles down the line as a result? Just trying to get a sense of the maximum time horizon. If something's going to fail, I'd rather it fail now rather than when I'm in the middle of a road trip somewhere.

Thanks for all the help, guys.

CoralDoc

If I were you, I'd change the oil and send a sample of the used oil in for analysis. I've been using Blackstone Laboratories, but there are other good ones. Contact one of them, get a sample container (free) and pay the $20 or so for an analysis. If there is an excess of metal particles in the oil, the analysis will reveal them and you can make decisions from there.

cyber_x

Ugh. Thanks a bunch for the suggestion, but it might be a bit late for that. There's one part of the story that I left out.

After the service advisor called back to tell me that he had topped off my oil, I started wondering how they knew whether I had synthetic or conventional oil in there. I asked, and the service advisor immediately said that they had topped off with synthetic.

I didn't really trust them so I took the car and changed its engine oil right away. So right now it has fresh oil in there. I may wait a bit and then take a sample anyway, though.

Thanks for the tip.

Intrepid175

[QUOTE=cyber_x Posted on Dec 28 2005, 11:30 AM]Frankly I don't trust my untrained ears enough to know what knocking sounds like.

cyber_x

Just wanted to say thanks for all the help. You guys have been awesome. I think what I'll do for now is (A) listen/watch the engine closely for any unusual sounds, (B) solicit a more informed opinion when possible, and

Nickamsweet

I know this is bringing up an old thread... but i have started to get this as well... it seems though that when i slow down to a stop the revs slightly drop off to maybe 600rpm then rise again to 800ish then oil light comes on for like a second then turns off...

Would this be MAP sensor related and not keeping the engine at proper RPM to keep the pump working??