If it had broken a con-rod the "faint knocking" would not be
"faint"! - The broken end of the rod would be thrashing around inside
the block doing all kinds of damage, and trying its hardest to punch a
big hole in the crank case wall.
Faint knocking is much more likely to be just a big end bearing that
has run. If this has only just become noticacble drop the sump and
replace the full set of big end bearings. You may well be lucky and
find that the crank pins are not damaged and have not begun to go
oval. Bearings can be replaced in about 2 hours total time, without
removing the engine. You can even replace the mains at the same time,
although this is a bit mort tricky, and you can do the the crank
thrust washers too if you need to.
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From <SDOliner at aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 08 June 2002 03:17
Subject: Re: Blew a rod
> In a message dated 6/7/02 9:46:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> goutvols2@mchsi.com writes:
>
> << First he says that he will Drop the oil pan to look at it. If it
is a rod
> he
> will have to pull the engine to fix. >>
>
> I think your mechanic must have x-ray vision if he can tell that you
broke a
> connecting rod just from the sound of the engine.
>
> David Oliner
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