Valve Ticking noises on 09 370z

phunk · 09-10-2012, 10:41 AM

Since my first oil change, I have used Mobil 1 5w30 extended perf.

My car just hit 45,000 miles, 17,000 of them with twin turbos at 550+ rwhp.

since as far back as I can remember, my VVEL system has been noisy as hell. Just sitting at idle, you can **always** hear it ticking away like an old sewing machine.

I am not much of a believer in the magic of one expensive oil versus another, so I never bothered with the Nissan ester oil. But if anyone can say for sure that the Nissan oil makes it quieter, I will swap over to it.

But I have no concerns of it being an issue that is going to cause a failure... because its done it since brand new, and I beat the piss out of this engine daily, and it hasnt changed or gotten any worse, etc. Its just always done it.

ZziK · 09-10-2012, 11:02 AM

Hey Phunk - is your engines sound similar to the clips that i posted? the Ester oil was done for free by Nissan n from what i've been reading, it seems like Redline is the way to go to reduce engine noise. are you still running stock internals on the TT setup?

09-10-2012, 10:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
phunk A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,669 Drives: 370 Rep Power: 974724	Since my first oil change, I have used Mobil 1 5w30 extended perf. My car just hit 45,000 miles, 17,000 of them with twin turbos at 550+ rwhp. since as far back as I can remember, my VVEL system has been noisy as hell. Just sitting at idle, you can always hear it ticking away like an old sewing machine. I am not much of a believer in the magic of one expensive oil versus another, so I never bothered with the Nissan ester oil. But if anyone can say for sure that the Nissan oil makes it quieter, I will swap over to it. But I have no concerns of it being an issue that is going to cause a failure... because its done it since brand new, and I beat the piss out of this engine daily, and it hasnt changed or gotten any worse, etc. Its just always done it. zefaulter likes this. __________________ Charles @ CJ Motorsports : Website \| Facebook \| Instagram \| YouTube Home of the 9 second, stock longblock, stock drivetrain 6MT 370z. 9.91 @ 142mph

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09-10-2012, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
ZziK Base Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 123 Drives: 09 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 13	Hey Phunk - is your engines sound similar to the clips that i posted? the Ester oil was done for free by Nissan n from what i've been reading, it seems like Redline is the way to go to reduce engine noise. are you still running stock internals on the TT setup?