Hi all.

Much thanks for the help. Got home in one piece (in spite of my f'up
West of Port Angelos. Pics to follow  ;)

Here's a youtube link to a quick video I shot of my engine running on
10w30. I had just pulled a long grade in upper 60's F weather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8AysIQrhfg

You can hear it more in the last few seconds but it is audible at the
beginning too. Sorry audio is so crappy. Any takers on what it might
be?

Running 15w40 noise seems to be gone though ambient temps were lower
after oil change. My IR gun at coolant hoses and head showed head
being hottest at 190F. Upper hose much hotter than lower which was
cool. Rad showed normal temps too. Same temps I saw when swap was
first running ok ~ 2 years ago.

<shrugs>

Neil.

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Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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