[Shotimes] help.....valve chatter and rod knock...

[Ransom T Holbrook]

You have turned a rod bearing.  When the oil light goes off and the
chattering has stopped, the bearing finds its way back into the "seat".  The
rest of the time, the crank is being eat up by the rod journal. Time for a
new (rebuilt) engine.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Kelsoe" <the_big_sho@phobia.net>
To: "SHO" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 7:29 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] help.....valve chatter and rod knock...


> ok......since the last time my '92 MTX was actin' stupid...I didn't
replace
> anything and it has been trouble free for over 1500 miles and like 3
> weeks....now all of a sudden, today on the way to work to work, the oil
> light came on. I was downshifting at the time and the rpm's were up around
> 3,000 or so and the light was flickering, I let off the gas and it went to
> full bright. So I thru it in nuetral and revved it a bit and it was
> chattering like crazy... So I shut the engine off(while coasting down the
> road) and started it back up...the noise went away for a minute or two
then
> came back..So I pulled in to the nearest gas station to check the oil...It
> was about halfway in the crosshatched area on the dipstick...So I put
about
> a half quart in...I started it up and it sounded great again....so I drove
> on to work....so coming home now, it is doing great and sounds good for
like
> 20 or 30 miles and then again with the oil light.....so I thru it in
nuetral
> and revved a little and the knocking starts.....so I shut it off and
restart
> it, it goes away for a bit again....then returns....could this be the oil
> pump going out?...and might there still be no damage yet?..and if so, how
> much of a PITA is it to rebuild the bottom end or even the top end if need
> be?...any and all help is greatly apprecciated in advance....
>
>
>
> Lee "THE BIG SHO" Kelsoe
> Marietta, Ga.
> '92 MTX
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