IlfordCorsa16V
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Need help from you guys/girls.
my car has been sounding like a diesel lately, it makes a constant ticking noise from the engine when the car is moving and when its standing still with the engine on.
Also, i recently filled 1 litre of engine oil in my car, but the engine oil sign still pops up sometimes when im corning sharply.
Do you guys no what would be the problem here?
Thanks
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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low brake fluid or brake pads
iv got thr diesel noise too  sounds like a tractor
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IlfordCorsa16V
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cheers mate, im gona check all levels of fluids and see if there low.
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Rileysport
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low oil pressure... level still too low, or oil pump is fooked, ticking noise is the valve lifters not working right due to low oil prsseure. Or its the wrong grade of oil in it 
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Siberia
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^ a bit fooked in other words.....
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IlfordCorsa16V
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what grade of oil do i have to put in? cos i filled up 1 litre of oil about a month ago (bought from a local petrol station), first noticed the noise when the engine oil was totally empty, after filling it up the noise had gone, but now its coming back quite often.
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Rileysport
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is it a 16v ?... use 10/40 oil, i chuck 15/40 in the 8v sri
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IlfordCorsa16V
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my cars a 1.6 16v
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chr15barn3s
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quote:
Originally posted by IlfordCorsa16V
what grade of oil do i have to put in? cos i filled up 1 litre of oil about a month ago (bought from a local petrol station), first noticed the noise when the engine oil was totally empty, after filling it up the noise had gone, but now its coming back quite often.
having no engine oil probably didnt help the problem
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by IlfordCorsa16V
what grade of oil do i have to put in? cos i filled up 1 litre of oil about a month ago (bought from a local petrol station), first noticed the noise when the engine oil was totally empty, after filling it up the noise had gone, but now its coming back quite often.
you'll need more than just 1ltr of oil 
if you were running it dry, you've probs scored the barrels & so which is why your consuming alot of oil!
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IlfordCorsa16V
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could it possible that the oil has cloged up in the engine?
would you guys advise me to empty out the oil and fill in some new stuff or just go to vauxhall and get em to sort it?
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Rileysport
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get an oil change done... might help things out a bit, and a filter
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IlfordCorsa16V
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quote:
Originally posted by SRi-Co
get an oil change done... might help things out a bit, and a filter
you talking about an air filter?
i have a Simota filter in and working
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