transam45

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i have a 2000 t/a with ls1 i had a lifter problem about 4 mouth ago so i stopped driving the car tell i had time to fix it after that i changed oil about a week later and noticed 3 flakes and some very small powder shavings on the oil drain bolt about a weak after that it started knocking but not when under loud (flooring it) i pulled motor to check bearings but found the torque converter bolts were all coming loose and 1 was half way backed out so could the knocking just be bolts or should i change bearing out to? and if so don't you have to do 22ft lb plus 65 degrees

transam45

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any 1 know what it could be ?

transam45

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i was talking to some 1 today and said he had same problem in his truck and that it is comon to find a little shavings in the oil from time to time

bww3588

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you need to remove your sig untill you become a sponsor.

transam45

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ive got my motor out the car any suggestion on what i should do ? just put it back together ? or change all bearings?

NA$TY-TA

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Id get a lil wear when the motor was new but none after that. How many miles on on the motor. Since its out id freshin it up anyways if your going to go with Boost down the road anyways.

Kyle

transam45

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just rolled 80,000 so you think it would be all right for now then later put bearing and rings in it or just rebuild it now ?

0utLawZ28

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u should just change bearing while it out

0utLawZ28

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also you could change your rings and valve seals but then youll have to get a complete gasket set

transam45

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how much you think the gasket set would cost and where can iget 1 from ?

0utLawZ28

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you can get from local partes store probly around $350

transam45

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thats more than i got right now does any one think it would be ok just to put it back togther ?

DrkPhx

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It's hard to say now the motor is out, but usually loose converter bolts (especially backed out halfway) will cause the the converter to slide back and forth causing a knocking sound. A couple of tell tale signs are 1) stretched out converter hole bolts on the flexplate and 2) knocking sound only at idle (accelerating will cause the converter to load against the side of hole which cancels the noise).

transam45

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when i was just driving it would knock but if i smashed it the knock went away

DrkPhx

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Did you check the condition of the converter bolt holes on the flexplate?

transam45

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holes on flex plate were rounded out some

DrkPhx

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Like the pic below? Sounds like you need a new flexplate.

transam45

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it like that but not that bad i only drove car like that for 1 week the hole was just starting to round out and when it started knocking it took it easy expect 1 time i smashed it

transam45

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transam45

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here a pic of my flex plat it has hardly any where but u can see a little but i only drove it for a week like that i could get a pic of the third bolt the engine stand was in the way so you think this was my problem ?