knocking when cold and low oil pressure when hot

hosovac · Post by **hosovac** » Sat May 05, 2012 12:41 pm

Hello everyone,I have a 98 safari with 328000 kms on it and now I have developed a knocking noise when cold,low oil pressure when hot>any help with this would be great

Smiliesafari · Post by **Smiliesafari** » Sat May 05, 2012 1:10 pm

Neither of those symptoms are good. The knocking could be and is most likely a rod knock. This condition will cause the low oil pressure. You should have this repaired immediately. If the rod breaks it could destroy the engine.

doyoulikeithere · Post by **doyoulikeithere** » Sat May 05, 2012 2:49 pm

sounds like time to shop for a rebuild or a v8 or both...

hosovac · Post by **hosovac** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:48 pm

thanks everyone

hosovac · Post by **hosovac** » Sat May 19, 2012 9:47 am

hello all,I tried a engine flush just to see what would happen,to my surprise it looks like it solved my problem with the noise

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Sat May 19, 2012 10:19 am

What Kind?

hosovac · Post by **hosovac** » Sat May 19, 2012 11:08 am

kleen flo engine flush (blue bottle).did well for me

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