Noisey 1.8 16v

acqu135c3 · Post by **acqu135c3** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:52 pm

Hi

I was just driving my mums 406 which is a 1.8 16v and quite quickly it went from sounding normal to sounding like a diesel engine. After having a look under the bonnet the sound is coming from the head. I opened the oil filler cap and there appears to be no oil getting to the head. My local mechanic thinks it might be a blocked oil gallery. I have a couple of questions i'm hoping someone with more knowledge than me will know. If the oil pump had gone would there be a light to indicate low oil pressure? And does anybody have anyideas. i've checked the oil level which was fine and swapped the oil filter. I've also just tried running engine flush through but has made little or no difference.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
Andrew

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:35 pm

If its a blocked oil gallery then the damage has already been done I'm afraid. Only way of knowing is remove the rockercover and strip/inspect the top end.

Fog

acqu135c3 · Post by **acqu135c3** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:07 pm

sorry I don't know how i managed to post this in the wrong catagory. I'll repost it in the right one.

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:23 pm

Lol, I never even noticed

Fog