kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Need some help please.
About 3 weeks ago my caravan started making a lot of valve rattling noises. I originally thought it was due to the wear on the oil (I run a newspaper route). While it was well within the change period, I got an oil change and new filter. But there have been no changes in temperature, no changes in gas mileage, no engine lights. Just the noise.
The noise continued. Dad checked over everything he could and we both thought it was narrowed down to the oil pump. So I took it into the shop to have the oil pressure sensor and the pressure checked. The pressure sensor was bad but the oil pressure is just fine.
The shop said it was the valves and we took it back. Today I called them. They took off the valve covers and can't find anything wrong.
Dad has a friend who says the shop is just not realizing what they are seeing and that it is most likely the rocker arms. He also says that since it hasn't affected the mileage or power I can continue to drive it "for a while". But no input on what "a while" is.
Can anyone help me to understand this? If the rocker arm goes out while I'm driving it will it severely damage the engine? What qualifies as "a while"? I know nothing is "guaranteed" or "written in stone" but vagueness with no further info is driving me up the wall.
About 3 weeks ago my caravan started making a lot of valve rattling noises. I originally thought it was due to the wear on the oil (I run a newspaper route). While it was well within the change period, I got an oil change and new filter. But there have been no changes in temperature, no changes in gas mileage, no engine lights. Just the noise.
The noise continued. Dad checked over everything he could and we both thought it was narrowed down to the oil pump. So I took it into the shop to have the oil pressure sensor and the pressure checked. The pressure sensor was bad but the oil pressure is just fine.
The shop said it was the valves and we took it back. Today I called them. They took off the valve covers and can't find anything wrong.
Dad has a friend who says the shop is just not realizing what they are seeing and that it is most likely the rocker arms. He also says that since it hasn't affected the mileage or power I can continue to drive it "for a while". But no input on what "a while" is.
Can anyone help me to understand this? If the rocker arm goes out while I'm driving it will it severely damage the engine? What qualifies as "a while"? I know nothing is "guaranteed" or "written in stone" but vagueness with no further info is driving me up the wall.