[s-cars] rod knock

[Joshua van Tol]

One person's really loud is another's kinda loud. When I worked in  
the repair business it happened more than once that a car was brought  
in that had 2-3 rods sticking out of the block, and the owner said it  
"just quit". It's all relative to your level of obliviousness,  
hearing loss, and how loud you've got the stereo.

That said however, if it was "really loud" then the crank probably is  
toasted.

On May 25, 2005, at 10:52 PM, Djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/25/2005 9:45:24 PM Mountain Standard Time,  
> josh at spiny.com writes:
> I've rebuilt engines with rod knock before where the crank was fine.
> Others, the crank and rod were shot. You just don't know for sure
> until it's apart.
>
> Ultimately, you're right... truth will be told when it's torn  
> down.  However, he did drive it around some... and allowed it to  
> get to the point where it became very loud.  This usually means a  
> trashed journal, and an out of round big end of the rod.
> I guess we'll see when he gets it apart.
> Dave