[Shotimes] Maybe OT- 2003 Sable Engine Noises

[Christian Andretta]

Wrong weight oil.   I don't think 5W20 is the recommended weight for the
duratech, I think it is still 5W30.  Double check the owners manual and
either have the dealer change the oil or do it yourself and see it the noise
goes away.

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Shylo McKinsey
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:45 PM
To: TaurusSHO
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Maybe OT- 2003 Sable Engine Noises


Ok, was miss-informed. The '03 currently has Valvoline
(dino) 5w-20 in it. Very light weight, but the dealer
reccomended it for that car. My father said it almost
sounds like the noise is coming from the "tappets" or
something like that, but wasn't sure if these new
engines even have them...

Shylo McKinsey

'91 White MTX

--- Parker Brooks <whoz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> any chance of getting the oil analyzed? is it a
> duratec (24v) or vulcan? i
> don't think they had that problem we did.
>
> i'd be real interested in know what the diealer was
> putting in it.
>
> parker
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shylo McKinsey" <mrfluffy02@yahoo.com>
> To: "TaurusSHO" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 3:36 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Maybe OT- 2003 Sable Engine
> Noises
>
>
> > My Folks bought a 2003 Sable this summer. Over the
> > Christmas break when I was at home, they went into
> the
> > dealer where they bought it (Bob Smith's in
> Billings,
> > MT) to get the oil changed, Guess they had Free
> oil
> > changes there for life (some package deal when
> they
> > bought it) Later that night I was riding around in
> it
> > with my dad, and I head something. Pulled over and
> got
> > out, sounded like the engine (about 10,000 on the
> > clock) was knocking like crazy. Drove it to the
> > friend's house where we were staying, let it cool
> for
> > an hour or so, and go check the oil. Very clear
> oil,
> > but it looked like SOMETHING was on the dip stick.
> > Drove it to the dealer the next morning, had them
> > change the oil again. And again, very clear oil,
> and
> > the intermittent knocking sounds. During the
> > month-long stay at home, the car made the noise
> off
> > and on.
> >
> > The reason why I bring this up was because I was
> > reading up on the cam issue with the Gen 3's, so
> it
> > got me to thinking. On the Duratec V-6, do they
> have
> > the same sproket-shifting issue the SHO's do? Is
> it
> > possible?
> >
> > Sorry for the long OT post. Thanks for any
> responses,
> > just help my folks incase they start having
> problems
> > with it.
> >
> > Shylo McKinsey
> >
> > '91 White MTX
> >
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