Morning all.
I will definately be looking into joining the ABS club.
ClarCE ive had the heater matrix changed. apparntly cos its electronic climate control its something behind the dash thats not opening properly. some sort or paddle or something.Ive had a new HBV and the coolant system flushed a couple of times in case of air locks etc.
One other thought to do with the noisy tappets.
I read on here that a manifold gaskest failure could make the engine sound tappety. could this be the case with mine as i was told that it was leaking slightly and wonder if its gone altogether now?
Im going to hopefully do an oil and filter change this weekend and then put some hydraulic lifter fluid in to see if this cures the tapping. If not i will be looking for some further helpful info via this forum.
I spoke to the bloke at the garage yesterday about the engine flush and he said it would be fine as ive had head gasket changed recently and new oil and filter less than 400 miles ago.He said its due to me only doing short 4 mile trips everyday and that its a build up of gunk in the oilways due to condensation. I have gunk round the oil filler cap and down the filler tube which i have now cleaned out. he assures me its not the headgasket as had that done with heads reskimmed less than 500 miles ago. i dont think ill risk doing the flush due to your helpful advice on here. i'll try the simple things first.
I was also wondering if it could be the oil pump on its way out? but would have thought light on dash would light up due to low presure if this were to be the case.
As i dont know hardly anything about cars she hasnt been started in 7 weeks because im scared im gonna seize the engine and that would mean her going to the big old scrap yard in the sky.
Ok, someone else is going to have to help with the heating problem, as I don't have climate in my car, just the normal thunderbird dials.. If you've had a new matrix then hopefully thats been rigged up right. I would still check the vacuum hoses as a couple of these go to the ventilation system and if they're hooked in wrong, or not at all as was the case with mine then you'll get no heat. Its also worth checking as you can do it yourself and it won't cost anything!
If its not that then I would still check out your thermostat - mines now not hot because my thermostat is stuck open - this means my engine runs cooler and again, I get no hot air in the cabin..
As for the noise, the manifolds do get noisey, however its normally only when cold and then the ticking goes away. If for some reason you have lost a bolt / sheared one then I guess it would be noisy all the time - hopefully if its gone its the drivers side as passenger is a pig.
Condensation and short journeys seem to do this to all v6's I've looked at, as in the mayo in the filler cap. Is there mayo on the dipstick (Shouldn't be) whats the state of the coolant in the header tank, any gunk in there? Garages often mis-diagnose head gasket failure when its the oil cooler that sits at the bottom of the 'V' that fails - if you've got sludge flowing round the coolant system then its going to probably of blocked everything..
Make sure you use GM semi-synth 10/40w when you do your oil change...
Good, don't flush it! So what if you've had a new head gasket?! Makes no difference on the rock hard stuff that your mechanic can't see - I am quite suprised he's reccomending it...
dont know if I got a poor TC level of discount or if the prices have gone up?