VR6 Low oil and engine clicking

[The_Hawk]

According to the manual, oil use of up to 1L / 1000km is "normal". The VR6's do run hot and mine always seemed to burn off some oil so I always checked it when putting in fuel and topped up a little every now and again.

...mind you, since the whole system takes 5L to fill, 4L is on the pretty extreme side of things... (but theoretically possible after only 4,000km)...

[HaydEn]

Hydraulic tensioners dont break, the spring tension just decreases against the timing chain. If it was broken you'd have the timing chain jumping teeth on the cam gear.

I used the word break for easy understanding. It was scorched which when the oil was thinner managed to release the tension.