Evening chaps,
Recently acquired my 68000 mile 1998 r129 sl500. Super clean and ticks all the boxes, apart from one...there seems to be a ticking noise coming from the engine?? Oil pressure is solid and always around 3.
The ticking can only be heard when cars engine is started and stood still. As I rev up the noise diminishes.
The garage I brought the car from did a "oil service" but feel as though it may have been bulk brought low quality oil.
From a search I did, I understand that low quality oils and oil filters maybe the cause of this problem?
So questions are...
1) what oil should I use for my car given the mileage and age etc?
2) what oil filter should I use?
3) is my engine a r129 or somthing else. As I read some where in 1998 the engines changed to m113 (I think?)
Thanks guys
Recently acquired my 68000 mile 1998 r129 sl500. Super clean and ticks all the boxes, apart from one...there seems to be a ticking noise coming from the engine?? Oil pressure is solid and always around 3.
The ticking can only be heard when cars engine is started and stood still. As I rev up the noise diminishes.
The garage I brought the car from did a "oil service" but feel as though it may have been bulk brought low quality oil.
From a search I did, I understand that low quality oils and oil filters maybe the cause of this problem?
So questions are...
1) what oil should I use for my car given the mileage and age etc?
2) what oil filter should I use?
3) is my engine a r129 or somthing else. As I read some where in 1998 the engines changed to m113 (I think?)
Thanks guys
