Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications 3.0L Duratec Ticking coming from the 3L and im out of ideas

Originally posted by todras:

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Tell that to my last engine.

TH...

....well SOME of us have never subscribed to it as
being an oil starvation problem on ANY V6
Duratech...but then again the masses decide, right!LOL

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Actually Terry was one of the people that brought a lot of information on oil starvation to light in the beginning. He suggested the use of Accusumps, suggested the use of clevite77 bearings (a good one I might add )to give a bit more durability, and also suggested it might be crank whip and caused a mass movement to buy DMDs...that has now been retracted as apparently making no impact on spun bearings.

Since no one knows why for sure except that many people get oil light flashing minutes before the bearings go, it seems to have settled back to oil sloshing in the pan during sweeping turns as a likely cause.