yes Scot, there's a plug in the side that the oil should be up to, but if it's that noisey it needs to be opened up and inspected, so you should quit waffling and pull it out and see what condition it's in, the answer as to 'what next' will reveal itself

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot