Change oil with the wrong filter, gas squirted everywhere.car died out. Put 2 more quarts to try and get home . Then ticking noise. I can feel the ticking everytime i accelerate. Car wont go no higher

What is the oil pressure when ticking starts? How many miles on engine? How often do you change oil? What oil do you use? What brand filters do you use? Is this a Northstar engine?

High mileage Northstars (and others) will have tappet noise as they wear. You might try adding a quart of Marvel Mystery oil at next oil change, but if low oil pressure is the problem, try changing to a slightly thicker oil, say 20-50. If you don't know what the oil presure is, install a mechanical guage. I had a freind with a low pressure problem on very high mileage car who began using straight 50W oil and car ran another 3 years/60K miles before dying.

Have you checked fuel pressure with a gauge ? Is it possible you got a tank of bad gas ? Have you tried running the car with the gas cap off to check for venting problems ?

Check oil first, Low oil sensor will shut down if more than a quart low. Change fuel filter, could be fuel starvation, change the air filter. stopped up air filter will put MAF sensor out of range. PERFORM OBDII SCAN SOON.

The ticking is probably a damaged lifter, hard to say exactly without hearing it. If you hired a qualified automotive shop to do your oil change and they didn't put enough oil in your vehicle they would have some liability. Your paper work should state the amount of oil put in the engine. Cross reference that with your manual

A ticking noise is normally caused by a lifter. Your car is 11 years old so more than likely is high mileage. There could be some carbon buildup in the lifter or it may just be worn. Purchase a can of Seafoam Motor Treatment at most auto parts stores and walmart. Pour 1.5 ounces of Seafoam for each quart of oil capacity in the crankcase 100 miles before you change your oil & filter. rive that 100 miles, and then change your oil and filter and add Seafoam to the freshly changed oil. Drive the car for 1,000 miles and change the oil & filter again. Repeat the process and then change your oil & filter at 5,000 miles. If you have a sticking liter this will solve the problem. If the lifter is still ticking then it is worn or severely gummed up with carbon. The ticking will do no real harm and is expensive to repair.

right heres a right nice fixya answer ,put half a pint of diesel into the engine oil with a 3 x2 second squirts of fairy liquid ,not the cheap brand X ,then run car a couple of days and you will find the noise stops ,now change the oil and filter then change the oil every 6000 miles with a filter every third oil, change ,use the cheapest detergent oil for a petrol/diesel engine you can buy .

put a good squirt of wahing up liquid into engine oil and half litre of diesel ,then run a while say 300 miles or so then change oil and use turbo diesel engine oil ,now if noise stops then just change oil every 6000 miles with a oil filter every third oil change.but if noise persists then repeat with washing up liquid and diesel and leave for a longer period ,your hydraulic tappets are gummed up from not changing the oil regular ,never mind these so called long life oils ---this is what happens when oil is not changed regular

You may have a dirty lifter with varnish buildup. Try this as it may very well solve the problem. Purchase a can of Seafoam Motor Treatment. Add 1.5 oz of Seafoam for each quart of oil capacity. 4.5 Quarts = 6.75 oz Seafoam. Drive the car until you no longer hear the lifter and then have the oil/filter changed again. Next oil change use a quality filter such as Wix, Mopar, or Purolator. You can purchase Seafoam at almost any auto parts or marine store and at some Walmart stores. Here is their website. http://www.seafoamsales.com/

this ticking problem is probably your hydraulic lifters, when the oil is drained they also drained and they sometimes take a while to bleed so they may be noisy... the noise should be coming from the top of the engine...

I would just check that you put in the right oil aswell just incase, if the oil was to thin it may be a little noisy.. its definately a good idea to make sure the right oil was put in (e.g. 40w-50) < this is the viscosity of the oil and to find out just ask someone in you auto parts store what oil a 92 geo storm should take...

but if the noise goes away after a drive then it was just the lifters and is not a big prob

Hi Patricia,

When you drained the wrong oil, did you replace the oil filter too? It can retain a quart or more.

That ticking sound, when does it occur? Hot? Cold? Idle? Hi-rev?

What type of oil did you put in? If it was for only a short time, it shouldn't have caused a tick/knock.

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Mike