Could the wick be a dust bunny? My machine instructions don't say about oiling but after I added a few drops to the cog wheels behind the bobbin holder bit it purred.

You'd be best taking advice of Janome owners or the company. What did the dealer say? They should know their machines

I read in the post somewhere about oiling machines, and if my machine has a little wick below the bobbin holder, apply one drop of oil there. I bought oil in a little dropper from my machine dealer where I bought my machine, came home, am all set to oil her up. Pull out the manual to be sure I'm doing it right ---- the manual, in the cleaning section, does NOT say to oil the machine at all. It doesn't say NOT to, but nor does it say I need to.

There IS a small little dot of what could be a wick below the bobbin case. But wouldn't my manual say "apply a drop of oil here when cleaning" if I need to????

Going to wait for the moment, but what do you guys say??? It's a Janome 7318, and I can't find anything about oiling or not on the Janome website, though I've not emailed them....maybe I should?

I've done all the other steps listed in how to clean my machine, per the manual, and she's running fine, though was a little noisy (improved greatly when I cleaned the lint from the bobbin area finally). Anyway -- help?!