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Old 08-23-2009, 06:06 PM
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didnt know were to put this.
Well i posted this on ls1gto but i thought i would post here to,
but my 05 gto is making a loud knocking sound. i wanted to know if anyone can tell me what it might be from this video,
cars a 05 gto a4 stock with just flowmasters mufflers with 51K miles on the car

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sounds like either a severely collapsed lifter, or perhaps a rod bearing. With the screeching sound you can hear also along with the knock, im more inclinded to think its a rod. But hard to tell just from a video. You need to pinpoint if it is top end of the motor, or bottom end.
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yeah people are telling me something with the rod
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It sounds like a rod!
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Mine was a broken piston skirt, sounds similar.




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