Re: Uh Oh! Water in oil.

Posted by JeffM On 2012/9/12 21:42:34

Thanks, Bobby. The thing about adding an extra quart is a known issue. There was a design failure with the oil pump. For that reason, tappet is an issue. The oil pump could be replaced with an Olds pump as I recall, but I remember seeing a number of posts on the topic with people saying just add a quart. It turned out that adding a quart did the trick.

My oil is thin. I don't know my oils in terms of what the numbers mean. But I think I heard 5W is thinner than 10W is thinner than 20W. Maybe I need to go to 20W next oil change.

Do I understand the numbers right?