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Coolant loss, oil pressure fluctuates, clicking noise = YIKES
I got a couple problems that are driving me crazy :rant:
About 4 months ago, I seafoamed my 3.8L at 120k miles. Everything went well and the sticky was followed to a tee. About 2 weeks or so later, I fired up my car in the cold and there is a loud "click, click, click" noise coming from the engine bay near the alternator (or so it seems - not saying that it is anyways related to that) and it is also heard from the exhaust in the rear of the car. The performance is diminished while the car is "clicking" and when reving or driving the car sounds like an STI. It takes about 5 minutes for this clicking and performance problems to relieve. Then everything will be fine. So I figured the seafoam possibly caused a nice little clog somewhere in my engine, so I put fresh new oil and seafoamed it again through the crank case. Symptoms resolved for a week and then came back. My car then overheated to around 230, so I pulled over and got her filled up with some dex-cool. Ever since this day, about every 2-3 weeks, I have to make sure my coolant is filled, so I'm losing coolant somewhere. I've put a white sheet under my car for 2 days and there wasn't one spec of coolant dropped and my hose aren't corroded or hard. Just recently, when I fire my car up, during the clicking noise and performance issues, the car's oil pressure will fluctuate from 30 to near 120. If it's idling it's close to 30, if driving it can go up to 120 depending on how long I'm in the gear. After the clicking noises go away, the oil pressure will stay around 60 (usually a little under)
In short, I'd like to find how I'm losing so much coolant, figure out why my car is clicking and having performance issues until it reaches near running temp, and why my oil pressure is drastically changing until the clicking noise resolves.
About 4 months ago, I seafoamed my 3.8L at 120k miles. Everything went well and the sticky was followed to a tee. About 2 weeks or so later, I fired up my car in the cold and there is a loud "click, click, click" noise coming from the engine bay near the alternator (or so it seems - not saying that it is anyways related to that) and it is also heard from the exhaust in the rear of the car. The performance is diminished while the car is "clicking" and when reving or driving the car sounds like an STI. It takes about 5 minutes for this clicking and performance problems to relieve. Then everything will be fine. So I figured the seafoam possibly caused a nice little clog somewhere in my engine, so I put fresh new oil and seafoamed it again through the crank case. Symptoms resolved for a week and then came back. My car then overheated to around 230, so I pulled over and got her filled up with some dex-cool. Ever since this day, about every 2-3 weeks, I have to make sure my coolant is filled, so I'm losing coolant somewhere. I've put a white sheet under my car for 2 days and there wasn't one spec of coolant dropped and my hose aren't corroded or hard. Just recently, when I fire my car up, during the clicking noise and performance issues, the car's oil pressure will fluctuate from 30 to near 120. If it's idling it's close to 30, if driving it can go up to 120 depending on how long I'm in the gear. After the clicking noises go away, the oil pressure will stay around 60 (usually a little under)
In short, I'd like to find how I'm losing so much coolant, figure out why my car is clicking and having performance issues until it reaches near running temp, and why my oil pressure is drastically changing until the clicking noise resolves.
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