German Castrol is better than RP and Castrol 5w30 any day. Royal Purple is crap.

 

I have noisy lifters in my '02 A4 3.0L as well. Called up Audi and they gave me a worst case scenario of 5g's, and best case scenario of 2.5g's. Still waiting to hear back from a few other local import mechanic shops.

Has anyone here had their lifters replaced? If so, did you have to replace any of the camshafts as well? Just wondering if this is indeed as huge of a project as it apparently costs.

Everyone has told me not to drive it, because it's just going to cause more and more potential damage. Is it really that bad to drive short distances, not letting the rpms get too high?

Going to have to do something here within the next couple of days, any info, tips or knowledge is greatly appreciated!

 

Where are you buying your oil from? Royal Purple is one of the premier racing oils.

 

I have 120K mi on mine and it has noisy lifters. It still runs like a champ. Just because you have lifter tick does not mean you have a problem.

 

No, RP has always been an oil for people who go online, look crap up, see some recommendation without backing data, and buy into it.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...q=f&oq=&aqi=g1
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ro...G=Search&hl=en

 

Because as we all know Google is 100% correct no one ever posts dumb crap on forums. Look. Motor oil is like pot. It's all personal choice and experience.

 

Op, what oil filter u running? Lack of flow through the filter can cause tick. I run purlator, and some Lucas oil treatment stabilzer, along with mobile 1. 5w-40. Purrs with 135k

 

Not true. Oils can be objectively compared with test results and BobIsTheOilGuy forums have the most useful information about oil that you can find anywhere.

Just because I linked Google searches doesn't mean that none of the results are valid. You're just saying that because you don't want to look through any of it.

 

MOA its a bg product!! my old man swears by the **** and now so do i. The dude was in the porsche audi benz repair business for 40yrs and drives a 87 200q on high boost when hes in the country every oil change. i wont knock lucas though thats good **** too

 

My buddy has been running Royal Purple for going on 6000 miles and his car is running great.