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is my engine doomed?
had a mech did an inspection of my 01 pathy, he said there's clunking sound coming from engine, which is usually big issues and advised me to get rid of it sooner than later.
is it pretty much doomed? uploaded couple of videos on youtube here. video of engine bottom https://youtu.be/k4ciXwqXKUU video of engine bay https://youtu.be/jDriCptH5hk thanks in advance. PS, if it's indeed a rod knock, can I drain oil, then put in 2 qts of 10W-40 and 2qts of 85W Gear oil as temp. fix ? Last edited by pathfinder20; 02-24-2017 at 04:56 PM. |
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That sure does NOT sound like a rod knock to me !!! Engine rod knock is terrible clanking sound, you'd run away if you heard that.
If mine, out of curiosity, I'd pull the drive belts and run like 30 seconds to see if the noise disappeared. I wouldn't just ditch it as it sounds now. |
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going to add some 10w-40 plus stp treatment and see how it goes. |
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Ha!! In 2003 Mrs. Cusser was driving my 1971 VW one night and apparently a 6mm oil stud vibrated out of its original engine, red light came on, pressure gauge dropped to zero, she ignored those and kept driving until it stalled out.
Amazingly, engine was not seized up, started right up with a new stud in there. I did find bearing slivers on the oil screen, not good. Guess what, we still drove that engine an additional 3 years, then I just swapped in an 1835cc engine that I had that was just sitting. So that engine still wasn't dead even then. So last fall I finally tore down that engine, found bearing wear on #2 main bearing, other stuff looked pretty good for running a few miles with zero oil. So let's just say that if your engine is wearing prematurely, not much that can be done. Try as per your plan and just keep an eye on it. |
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