22lambo

iTrader: (1)

Couple of questions about a spun bearing:

1. Can you still drive the car (no hard) without causing more damage?
2. Can you replace the rod bearing inserts without dropping the engine?
3. What can be damaged from a spun bearing?
4. How do you know which bearing is spun?
5. And can the bearing be spun without the crank being damaged?

Thanks!

TakeN0Prisoners

1. NO
2. I believe you need to drop the engine.
3. Depending on how bad it gets, the whole engine.
4. Crack it open and find out.
5. Yes.

ls2pontiac

iTrader: (1)

Well, technically you can drive it with a spun bearing if you wish. I drove a truck with a rod knock for a while. Eventually you will hear a loud bang and oil will be strewn all over the roadway.

stevo9389

take the car off the road as soon as possible to avoid siezing the motor or destroying your heads once that rod lets go. i will post pics of what it looks like if you decide to drive on it when i find my camera.

22lambo

iTrader: (1)

Thanks, I would really like to see those pictures. Just would like to get an idea. Oh and the car won't be driven.

stevo9389

the knock was heard at 2500rpm and was very quiet for about 2 months so i knew it was on its way out. then it all of a sudden got really loud driving home from work (6 mile trip) so i parked it and eventually pulled the motor to find this:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...mulaoilpan.jpg
and this:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...rankdamage.jpg
and this:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ingremains.jpg

22lambo

iTrader: (1)

Oh dang, that looks nasty! Is the first picture the inside of the oil pan?

myltwon

iTrader: (1)

I drove mine about 20 miles or so after I found I had rod knock, even at that point the crank journal and one rod were fubar

the_merv

iTrader: (88)

My first LS Engine spun a Rod due to the Oil Pump failing.. from the time it happened to the one mile I idled off of the highway it trashed the Crank out of true, and every other Bearing in the Engine was on the way out due to the metal in the motor.