Knock knock.... ping....

[thedutchguy]

Sounds like bad fuel to me!

[WormGod]

Well, this weekend I took my VX to the speedshop. Had them check into it. After checking it out, they talked me into going with synthetic oil. I agreed and paid the excess cost to prime it and change it up. They didnt think it was bad enough to tear down and check the guts so this was worth a shot. Wouldnt ya know it.... the change-over took care of about 50% of the racket! I was quite impressed really.

I am gonna go woth this for a while and see how it goes. It may be a few weeks before it goes in for the blower install, so I have till then to decide if this is working or not.

[thedutchguy]

I think it would be a good thing to test the compression of your cilinders.
If you have blow-by of bad oil it could be the cause.
Condensation of fuel in your sump could also cause problems!

[WormGod]

Aye aye, capt. Just writing down all these ideas and will pass them on and talk with my tech about them. /salute

[ZEUS]

I have no idea if this is true or not but I heard it is bad for your engine to go back to using conventional oil after using synthetic. Something happens to the rings I think? I love using synthetic though so I wouldn't go back anyway. I just thought you might want to be aware of a possible issue.