LT1 rod knock?
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LT1 rod knock? well i took a guys advice from work and tried a thicker oil to see if it would do anything, no such luck still knocking. but my question is will a rod knock if its just slight will it be inconsistant? like sometimes at idle it will go away completely, or when i rev it up it will will be intermitent. im just curious it it could be something else that wasnt as serious.
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Originally Posted by Ls1Bait
If it has rod knock it is not good to continue running it. You are just doing more damage to the parts that are still good. If you want to sell the block im interested.
Sometimes you can get lucky. I had a rod knock in my Fiero. It was there at cold startup, and under moderate acceleration. Most of the time it wasn't there, but I could certainly hear it.
I simply dropped the pan and replaced the rod bearings with stock size units (since the motor was as-built stock). They all looked pretty rough, but none had spun, and both the crank and the rod journals looked fine. Car hasn't knocked since, and I've put about 2k miles on it.
total cost: $13 for rod bearings, an oil change, and about 5 hours of time.
I simply dropped the pan and replaced the rod bearings with stock size units (since the motor was as-built stock). They all looked pretty rough, but none had spun, and both the crank and the rod journals looked fine. Car hasn't knocked since, and I've put about 2k miles on it.
total cost: $13 for rod bearings, an oil change, and about 5 hours of time.
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Originally Posted by V8pwrdz28
id be willing to try replacing the rod bearings with new ones, but with a couple hundred shy of 180k im kinda iffy on it.
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the price of one helps u resist heh. i have decided on no more majors on either car till both have 12 bolts and beefed up trannies, then all hell will break loose lol
