oil change

blue_streak95 · Post by **blue_streak95** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:18 pm

hey guys im running 0w30 synthetic atm in my car...but its extreamly loud...my friend a lube tech told me to put in 10w30 for the summer...thi sa good idea is it too thick?

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:31 pm

valve train noise?

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:59 pm

I run 10-30 in the 1gn

ran 5-30 mobil 1 in my 2gn

no problems with either

blue_streak95 · Post by **blue_streak95** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:53 pm

ya valve train noise...just wanna make it a lil quieter till tax season then im gonna drop on a magnum head...

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:57 pm

10w30 is standard for us down here in south FL... youll be fine until winter, not sure where u are tho.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:18 am

5W30, 10W30...not really going to make too big a difference in a N/A Neon engine IMO. 10W30 will be fine.

Mr. Pink · Post by **Mr. Pink** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:04 am

personally i would go with a thicker oil. i am getting a valve train noise too. and will be going with 10w40 and a bottle of lucas oil additive when i do my oil change just to see if that lessens my noise. if not its not a head problem and it will be time to do a motor swap for me.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:33 am

A motor swap to try and get rid of "the Neon tick?" That's the first time I've heard of someone going that far...

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:38 am

I use 10W30 in my ACR.
Fully Synthetic Mobil 1 5W30 in my SRT4

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:35 am

Worn guides will make it noisy(er). Heavier oil will do nothing for that. After new exhaust guides were installed in mine, it was like a new engine, as far as noise. Then you hear all the other weird crap.

Mr. Pink · Post by **Mr. Pink** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:13 am

darthroush wrote:A motor swap to try and get rid of "the Neon tick?" That's the first time I've heard of someone going that far...

if replacing the head doesnt work then yes i will be doing a motorswap. the car sounds like hell, i am use to quiet motors.

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:20 am

Timing belt slap, worn idlers, etc. can be part of the noise also. Replace your tensioner with the '04 style when the timing belt is replaced doing the head.

sneakers O'toole · Post by **sneakers O'toole** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:24 pm

don't all over-head cam engines make the same noise at some level? our injectors are loud as hell too.