Well, this weekend I took my VX to the speedshop. Had them check into it. After checking it out, they talked me into going with synthetic oil. I agreed and paid the excess cost to prime it and change it up. They didnt think it was bad enough to tear down and check the guts so this was worth a shot. Wouldnt ya know it.... the change-over took care of about 50% of the racket! I was quite impressed really.

I am gonna go woth this for a while and see how it goes. It may be a few weeks before it goes in for the blower install, so I have till then to decide if this is working or not.