b23
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- Jan 11, 2013
- Messages
- 22
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Transmission
- Manual
Recently bought a B2300 and am having a valve tick problem. Changed the oil with 5w30, did the oil change cold will be doing a hot change in another 100 miles. Will be switching to 10w40 or 10w30 next oil change for 200-300 miles to see how that affects things.
Oil pressure gauge is reading about 1/3 up, not halfway where I would expect it
On cold starts I get a lot of valve tick, it will usually go away while driving once the engine gets up to temperature but will still occasionally tick when hot. From what I can tell, oil IS getting to the head.
When running, I dont see any splashing with the oil cap off, but I do see oil streaming over the plate that is over the cams.
Did a new oil filter with the oil change, should I take the oil pan off and check for crud blocking the oil pickup? Is it normal for these engines to tick, or is it likely to be an issue with valve clearance? Or do I actually have an oil pressure problem here? It does not sound like a major oil starvation problem but there is occasionally a screeching possibly from the cams which may indicate oil starvation
Sorry I did do a LOT of research the past 3 days trying to figure this out but most results I am getting are for different engines.. is there an engine code for my 1996 b2300 I can use to narrow the results?
Oil pressure gauge is reading about 1/3 up, not halfway where I would expect it
On cold starts I get a lot of valve tick, it will usually go away while driving once the engine gets up to temperature but will still occasionally tick when hot. From what I can tell, oil IS getting to the head.
When running, I dont see any splashing with the oil cap off, but I do see oil streaming over the plate that is over the cams.
Did a new oil filter with the oil change, should I take the oil pan off and check for crud blocking the oil pickup? Is it normal for these engines to tick, or is it likely to be an issue with valve clearance? Or do I actually have an oil pressure problem here? It does not sound like a major oil starvation problem but there is occasionally a screeching possibly from the cams which may indicate oil starvation
Sorry I did do a LOT of research the past 3 days trying to figure this out but most results I am getting are for different engines.. is there an engine code for my 1996 b2300 I can use to narrow the results?