Quote Originally Posted by Bio248 View Post
it should stop being loud and ticking after about 30 seconds when it actually gets oil up into the top half of the motor and the lifters are all pumped up. the oil light isnt a good sign.

the 3800 as a whole is a loud, ticking, ****ty sounding motor from the engine bay. yous sounds like all exhaust leak from the video, to me.
Took off the oil filter and it is bone dry inside it has oil on top but no oil inside of it. What are the chances of the oil pump going out on these. I just would hate to pull out the engine again to replace that :/