streetracer99x

So im driving around and I start to hear a tick that comming from the timing chain side of my motor as well as i put 3 quarts of oil in my car last night and now its all GONE my oil light comes on then goes off. I hear a rattle and im scared my engine is going to blow again and i pulled out my oil dip stick and there is smoke comming out of it as well as i can not find a leak anywhere for the life of me. The only thing i can think of is to drop the oil pan and reseal it.

My other problem is that there is a antifreeze line that goes into the therostat there is antifreeze that just sits and leaks so would that be a gasket problem?

DJ08tC

Take your car to the dealer.

streetracer99x

I dont have a warranty

engifineer

If you lost 3 quarts over night, there would be a large noticeable leak that you couldnt miss or you would be burning a ton of oil.

streetracer99x

Right do you think i should just drop the pan and reseal it?

engifineer

Do you have oil all over the place under your car? And around the pan gasket? If not, then you are not losing oil around the oil pan.

streetracer99x

But the clicking.... is it a vavle or what do you think since my oil light came on and i had no oil in the car i drove it like 3 blocks and put oil in it and i drove it down the high way and it got worse is it a vavle or do you think i just need to seal everything and try it again?

jonathan110987

o man i had the same problem.. and solved it...

DJ08tC

It is not a seal, you would see oil somewhere under the car. You have some other problem.

jonathan110987

do a compression test... u have alot of blow by if smoke is coming from the dipstick.. could be your rings... im on my 3rd engine probably going onto the 4th ugh...

draxcaliber

are you sure you poured oil in the right reservoir? 3 quarts of oil doesn't just evaporate.

Windu

Did you pull the radiator cap and see if the oil is passing into the coolant?

engifineer

What I am getting at is that you keep saying you want to reseal everything, but you have no leak that you can mention. What good is resealing the oil pan going to do if there is no leak?

If the oil is low, the valvetrain and the timing chain will make a lot of noise to start, after that it will be the destroyed bottom end that is ticking and knocking. You need to stop driving it immediately until you find out what is going on.

IF you lost 3 qts of oil right away and there is not oil all over something, including the ground, and the car is not smoking like a freight train.. then you are putting the oil in the wrong place. Like we have said, 3 qts doesnt just go away on its own. Did you check the oil after you added the 3 qts?

streetracer99x

yes and i dropped the pan tonight and i found alot of sliver shavings and i looked at my cars and it looks like there might be some metal under the cams but i can not tell i turned the crank with a wrench and didnt hear any tick but i did notice on the cams and around the valves that there are pieces of metal missing so do you think that there might be some loose metal just jumbling around?

DJ08tC

Dude if you have loose metal, that means something broke and something is really wrong. You need to take it somewhere. It is not good to have metal in your engine, your engine will be gone very soon. You seriously cannot believe that is okay to have that in your engine and think it is a simple fix to stop a clicking noise.

streetracer99x

i know i think a vavle is bad... but i do not have the money to take it somewhere at all

engifineer

Well, you have been driving it without oil in it.. if there is a good amount of metal particles in the pan then chances are you have toasted the bearings. Motor most likely needs to be rebuilt if that is the case, and if you keep driving it, you will have a nice 2.4L paperweight.