I got a knocking sound in thy engine from 2500 RPMs and up. I would really apprtiate if some of you guys could help me out. it's the only ride i have and i got my a loan approved for 5,000. if i need it. and i can do the work unless it involves machine work. So here's the story.
Driving home from work, about a 1/2 mile from home she started to Knock like crazy. So drove her the rest of the way home, checked her oil and there was NONE!!!!!! filled her with oil and she didn't knock as load but it was defently still there. the only thing i could think of is i bent something inside. i still need to put some more oil in it but here's her specs
1997 Sunfire GT
2.4Lv Twin Cam LD9
171,000+ miles on it
I don't want to crush or sell her. i'ma going to do what ever it takes to get her back on the rode!!!!!!
PLEASE HELP TIME IS LIMITED AND I AM LOOKING ON JBODY! !!!!!!! !!! !! !! !! BUT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK> thanks again
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ZCraig
I wouldn't do any of the work myself, IF I were you. If you heard the car knocking "like crazy" you should NOT have driven it home. That right there tells that your inexperienced when it comes to this type of thing. You probably just ruined your engine.
2002 Cavalier "LS Sport"
go trade it in. the same thing happened to my ld9. it never had an oil consumption problem, and i checked the oil often. started to knock, checked the oil, and it barely had any. it ate almost 4 quarts of oil in a few days. rod bearings, probably main bearings too, were shot. luckily i was able to trade it in at blue book ($2k) becuase the dealer was less than smart.
87 Firebird
All stock...........lol.
Headthumper wrote:I got a knocking sound in thy engine from 2500 RPMs and up. I would really apprtiate if some of you guys could help me out. it's the only ride i have and i got my a loan approved for 5,000. if i need it. and i can do the work unless it involves machine work. So here's the story.
Driving home from work, about a 1/2 mile from home she started to Knock like crazy. So drove her the rest of the way home, checked her oil and there was NONE!!!!!! filled her with oil and she didn't knock as load but it was defently still there. the only thing i could think of is i bent something inside. i still need to put some more oil in it but here's her specs
1997 Sunfire GT
2.4Lv Twin Cam LD9
171,000+ miles on it
I don't want to crush or sell her. i'ma going to do what ever it takes to get her back on the rode!!!!!!
PLEASE HELP TIME IS LIMITED AND I AM LOOKING ON JBODY! !!!!!!! !!! !! !! !! BUT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK> thanks again
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Antler wrote:I wouldn't do any of the work myself, IF I were you. If you heard the car knocking "like crazy" you should NOT have driven it home. That right there tells that your inexperienced when it comes to this type of thing. You probably just ruined your engine.
The only reason i drove it home was because I had called dad he said drive it home but don't run the p*** out of it keep it slow. but it was mostly down hill and i coasted. I've parked the car and I'm pulling the engine out and putting it on a stand. and braking out the Bicycle for a while. But what i don't get is how it just started out of the blue. I've been thinking and don't know if it would work but instead of buying a crate engine. If i'm lucky do you think that taking the block to a machine shop would be cheaper? and getting the whole thing gone over. Or should i just keep an eye out for a LD9 from a cav or GT in my local junk yards and get one with a lot less miles on it. Seeing how mine has 171,000+ Miles on it?
ZCraig
I would rebuild it and take the head and block to the machine shop with the crank. Drop it off at the machine shop and ask him what it needs then you can get a rebuild kit from autozone with pistons for like 600 bucks.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but your dad's advice to drive a knocking engine wasn't the best. If it had no oil, it should have shown a warning light and you should have immediately stopped and checked it. These engines aren't known for having the most robust bottom ends or oiling systems, so attention is your best defense. My advice would be to locate a lower milage running engine (preferably same year, but others can be made to work). Sadly, these engines are old and out of production now, so good low milage ones are getting scarce. You can check on car-part.com and search for engines in your area, but most will likely have over 100K on them. Those that don't will be more expensive, of course. - Good luck.
