VR6 Issues

[bbqsnax]

Hi Guys,

Lurked for a while and not really posted but was hoping someone could give me a heads up what might be wrong with my brothers VR6 I am looking after while he is overseas, again.

Drove around the corner to grab some groceries and when I jumped back in car its making a weird ticking noise. Only thing I can compare it to is when I had a Subaru Liberty RS and you would occasionally get the Tappet ticking or lifter noise. The sound increases in tempo when I accelerate too but does not affect any power with the car.

Will try and record a sound but phone is very bad for recording.

Is there a recommend mechanic around Greenslopes QLD that I could take it to?

Just wondering if its something I should be worried about or a known issue?
I was hoping to drive a good 500km round trip on the weekend and this is going to point a dampner on things.

While I am asking for some help, anyone recommend some replacement struts/springs, the current ones are getting quite bad.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Cheers

[KI11Z]

don't think driving it would be a good idea, could definitely be oil related.... if it had been sitting for a while then i'd say drive it out but not if it's regularly used.....

[bbqsnax]

So brother forgot to mention before he left that he had an oil leak repaired on the car.

The crack is apparently down on the sump about 3-5mm away from the oil drain plug and they did what they could to plug it but were not sure how it would go.

So I checked the oil, it was very low. Filled it up again but didn't drive it around, just let it idle after putting the oil in. Checked the oil again after 3 days and majority of it was gone.

Any idea what sort of cost I am looking at to get this repaired? Is it worth getting repaired?


Edit: Sorry for late reply, been away for work.