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Anyone else have a foglight switch on their ARX thats does nothing? Ive tried it and it turns no lights on and my car didnt come with foglights so im surprised it even has it.

I change the oil and filter in my fg xr6 turbo every 5000km, ive always thought to change it earlier in turbo cars as they wear out the oil faster, want the best oil flow i can get and less oil sludge. The fg is tuned to 304rwkw though, i'll see how i get away with it in the stag though ive noticed the oil gets dirty really quick compared to other cars ive owned.

I noticed that the service sticker on the bonnet reccomends to change the oil every 5000km's which i've done with both oil and filter though it says that you can change the oil filter every 10000km's, getting two changes out of it. Now i've always been under the impression that you should change your filter at every oil change. Should i follow the manufacturers specifications or should i stick with changing the filter every 5000kms?

I hope it will be the same. I'll have one more attempt at trying to fix it before i hand it over to someone more mechanically minded then me.

Still havent sorted it sorry mate. The sound hasnt gotten any worse, ive taken it to a jdm mechanic who has rebuilt these engines before and he said that it doesnt sound metallic so wouldnt be a cylinder, in the head etc and sounds like the vct/timing chain. All a money factor and worth factor atm.

It does sound awful, i am thinking timing or cam chain as you said. Ive tried to get it looked at a few times though no ones wants to touch a jap import. Anyway, i'll see how i go on some others and hope it's not too bad in the engine.

Anyone have a clue on what it could be? Just bought the car, didnt tick when i inspected it, started after i got home... Car has an idle issue, ive changed the spark plugs and rocker cover gaskets so far, soon i'll be changing the two coil packs i tested with the multi that were out of ohm range. Only thing im thinking is sticky valves/lifters/rockers as the car runs fine regardless of the noise and only ticks at idle or low rpm. Sounds really bad though, especially when you turn it off, makes a bad clacking sound. Any help or advice will be much appreciated, thanks. 20201115_174907.mp4