Tapping noise

My Tacoma has 140,000 miles. It's been making a tapping noise
that is getting worse. It was a quart low on oil yesterday, I think
when the oil was changed a couple of months ago they might
have not put enough in. When I drove away they told me if I
need to add oil stop by, they'll add it for free. It was to far to
drive back there so I added it myself.

It's still making that tapping noise after adding oil, can someone
tell me what might be the problem?

If I add something like STP, will that help?

Thanks
Albert



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On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:49:00 -0600, "Albert" <albert.TakeThisOut@no.spam.com>
wrote:

>My Tacoma has 140,000 miles. It's been making a tapping noise
>that is getting worse. It was a quart low on oil yesterday, I think
>when the oil was changed a couple of months ago they might
>have not put enough in. When I drove away they told me if I
>need to add oil stop by, they'll add it for free. It was to far to
>drive back there so I added it myself.
>
>It's still making that tapping noise after adding oil, can someone
>tell me what might be the problem?
>
>If I add something like STP, will that help?
>
>Thanks
>Albert


Last weekend I noticed a tapping noise. I pulled over and inspected
my tires. Removed a screw embedded in my back tire. Luckily, the
screw went in sideways and my tires have less than 6,000 miles on
them--no leaks detected so far. But in your case, I'd take it to a
mechanic if you can't find the source of the tapping. I check my oil
level on every fillup--two months sounds like a very long time between
oil-level checks.