Funny "Swishing" Noise

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Paul Soucy, Sep 28, 2003.

  1. Paul Soucy

    Paul Soucy Guest

    I have a 2001 SL with 79,000 miles on it. For the past 30,000 miles,
    when the car is first started in the morning, it makes a dry running
    noise, like a heavy swishing for about 1 second. I have started using
    STP oil treatment, and it has gone away. but I tried going back to
    just normal motor oil, and it appears again. Which leaves me to
    believe it is running dry on startup for some reason. Does anyone
    else hear this noise? It is quite loud and noticable. I have tried
    different types of oil filters to see if that is the problem, but no
    luck.
     
    Paul Soucy, Sep 28, 2003
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