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Old 05-12-2004, 12:11 PM
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Re: 95 grand am engine knocking

Why change oil every 5,000 miles?

You should change the oil every 3,000 miles. You would want to last your engine for a long time. The longer the oil stays in the engine without replacing, there is a chance that it will suffer "black death". Oil turns into a hard gunk and will block all of the oil passage ways.

I would do this steps.
1. Pour 1 quart of Gunk Motor Tune-Up Flush into the existing oil. It will overfill but that is fine. Start the engine and let it IDLE for 5 minutes and turn it off.
Drain the oil and let it drain for 30 minutes or so.
Use 5W30 for now. Pour 1/3 quart of oil in the new filter itself and screw it in the engine. Fill the rest of the 5W30 and don't overfill.
Start the vehicle and see if the noise goes away.
If the noise goes away, drive the vehicle around 500 - 1,000 miles and change oil and use 10W30 this time.

2. If using the 1 quart Gunk Motor Tune-Up Flush did not quite down the engine, probably your oil pump/oil pump strainer might be clogged up. Try replacing oil pump/oil pump strainer. Use 5W30 oil and see if the noise goes away. Next oil change use 10W30.

Always get an oil change every 3,000 miles.
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