TAPPING NOISE
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RE: TAPPING NOISE
Ok, I was afraid of that.
You need to have it towed to a shop and have the oil pressure tested. I am betting that your oil pump went bad and if you continue to run the engine you will be buying a new one.
With your mileage it is likely that your oil pump was replaced before when it went bad, and now it has gone bad again.
There is about 40,000 2003 Discoveries with bad engine blocks and the oil pump is inside the front engine cover and the bad engine block causes the oil pump to wear out prematurely.
When the oil pump starts to go bad you loose oil pressure, no oil/low pressure will cause the engine to wear out prematurely.
The only permanite fix is a new engine, or a used engine out side of the bad engine range.
Do a search on the forum for the 2003 VIN# range of bad oil pumps.
The only way to conferm or deny the bad oil pump is to have the oil pressure tested.
You need to have it towed to a shop and have the oil pressure tested. I am betting that your oil pump went bad and if you continue to run the engine you will be buying a new one.
With your mileage it is likely that your oil pump was replaced before when it went bad, and now it has gone bad again.
There is about 40,000 2003 Discoveries with bad engine blocks and the oil pump is inside the front engine cover and the bad engine block causes the oil pump to wear out prematurely.
When the oil pump starts to go bad you loose oil pressure, no oil/low pressure will cause the engine to wear out prematurely.
The only permanite fix is a new engine, or a used engine out side of the bad engine range.
Do a search on the forum for the 2003 VIN# range of bad oil pumps.
The only way to conferm or deny the bad oil pump is to have the oil pressure tested.
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