Thank you all for the response. Yes the ticking is at warm up & seems to go away when warmed up. I will follow advice & not use any flush. I bought vehicle at 30K. I always used Mobil 1. I thought it was the best & still have confidence in it. I would be nervous about using a thicker oil as one advised if GM specifies to use 5/30. Wouldn't the tolerance's be to tight for a thicker oil? This Yukon is a 2007. Also the oil pressure gauge seems to be just below the 1/2 way point when warmed up at 1800 RPM.
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You don't have to use anything besides 5w30 but changing brands might have an effect on noise. Give Pennzoil Ultra a shot since you like synthetic.
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Thank you all for the response. Yes the ticking is at warm up & seems to go away when warmed up. I will follow advice & not use any flush. I bought vehicle at 30K. I always used Mobil 1. I thought it was the best & still have confidence in it. I would be nervous about using a thicker oil as one advised if GM specifies to use 5/30. Wouldn't the tolerance's be to tight for a thicker oil? This Yukon is a 2007. Also the oil pressure gauge seems to be just below the 1/2 way point when warmed up at 1800 RPM.
No the clearances aren't to tight for thicker oil.
And if you've used M1 since 30000 miles I seriously doubt there is any need for any type of flush.
M1 is loud in some engines. It just is. Try a different brand. Or even a conventional. If you're running 5000 mile intervals anyways there's no gain using a synthetic anyways.
Conventional tend to be less noisy,I don't know why,and I guarantee you'd not be able to see nor would a lab find any wear differences between a syn and conventional at 5000 mile intervals.
Try Quaker state ultimate durability. At 10000 mile intervals.
Thank you all for the response. Yes the ticking is at warm up & seems to go away when warmed up. I will follow advice & not use any flush. I bought vehicle at 30K. I always used Mobil 1. I thought it was the best & still have confidence in it. I would be nervous about using a thicker oil as one advised if GM specifies to use 5/30. Wouldn't the tolerance's be to tight for a thicker oil? This Yukon is a 2007. Also the oil pressure gauge seems to be just below the 1/2 way point when warmed up at 1800 RPM.
No the clearances aren't to tight for thicker oil.
And if you've used M1 since 30000 miles I seriously doubt there is any need for any type of flush.
M1 is loud in some engines. It just is. Try a different brand. Or even a conventional. If you're running 5000 mile intervals anyways there's no gain using a synthetic anyways.
Conventional tend to be less noisy,I don't know why,and I guarantee you'd not be able to see nor would a lab find any wear differences between a syn and conventional at 5000 mile intervals.
Try Quaker state ultimate durability. At 10000 mile intervals.
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Originally Posted By: Clevy
Try Quaker state ultimate durability. At 10000 mile intervals.
+1.
In my ex's car, I used MC 5W-20 for the first 15,000 miles (we bought it with 87,000) then switched to PP for the next 75,000. This motor has always been a bit chatty, but for the last 2 OCIs, I've used QSUD and I swear the motor is quieter. It may be power of suggestion, and I don't hear the car that often anymore since she moved out, but I remember thinking it sounded like new the last time I heard it.
And, no she doesn't have someone else working on it...we're still friends and I'm still the wrench.
Try Quaker state ultimate durability. At 10000 mile intervals.
+1.
In my ex's car, I used MC 5W-20 for the first 15,000 miles (we bought it with 87,000) then switched to PP for the next 75,000. This motor has always been a bit chatty, but for the last 2 OCIs, I've used QSUD and I swear the motor is quieter. It may be power of suggestion, and I don't hear the car that often anymore since she moved out, but I remember thinking it sounded like new the last time I heard it.
And, no she doesn't have someone else working on it...we're still friends and I'm still the wrench.
I always change the oil filter with every change. I use the Fram Ultra Guard synthetic filter (99% efficiancy rating) - (I know I'll get beat up for this, Bitoger's don't seem to like Fram). Our winters can be nasty; some -5* days but mostly average 18 at night 40 in the day. I don't drive the truck often it's mainly for when I pull my 6000 lb. travel trailer or the wife takes her girlfriends shopping. I don't want to deviate from the GM recommendation of 5/30 & then mess up the truck. I'm inclined to think the tick might be a minor characteristic of the engine as suggested by comments of piston slap. I probably worry for nothing.
Thank you all for your input.
Thank you all for your input.
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