albertaduke
former airline pilot without the big bucks
I had hoped to go for lunch 60 miles away in a little town .. on two wheels however 10 miles out I noticed a intermittent "grinding noise " like gears turning with no oil not too loud barely audible ,and felt as well but definitively there from third and fourth being where I heard it most. I cannot pinpoint the origin precisely but it seems coming from the engine block down low I had hoped low oil would do that noise but no joy there, oil is aplenty it is not so brutal that I can pinpoint it but I would rather prevent any further damages, could it be the oil pump? not pumping or the scavenging pump? leaving the gears dry ? any idea before I take it to the dealer?