Silver Cougar Down for the count :(

[nadthomas]

I think the silver cougar is going down for the count. Any help here would be apreciated.

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[gyger]

holy crap that sucks dude
I agree with pgtatx remove the oild pan and get the car in the air that's where you'll
find your answers

[silverkat]

The sweet MTX car takes a dump and the slow ATX stands strong. Yessssssss. I hope it all works out for you.

[LittleB]

Engine knock...oh dear GOD I am having flashbacks!!

Park it. Get it up in the air....before...before it throws a rod and croaks like mine did :(

(Mind you I have no freaking clue what 'throwing a rod' is. In fact it sounds rather kinky to me. Anywho, that's the term our mechanic used to describe what happened to my engine.)

Good Luck!

[silverkat]

LMAO! Don't you love when you can give advice that you KNOW is right, yet you have no clue what you're talking about!

[B3NN3TT]

For the record - my understanding of the "throwing a rod" phenomenon:

The ROD is the piece that connects the piston to the crankshaft. If the rod comes loose from either end, catastrophe occurs. Normally the noise you hear is caused by play in the joint where the rod connects to the piston, and every time the piston pushes then pulls, there is a little metallic "slap". In advanced cases, the joint finally gives way, and the rod (no longer held down by that pesky piston) escapes right through the side of the engine block, with a little help from the crankshaft.

That's what is happening to my lawn mower right now! I'm waiting for the block to bust... any week now...

EDIT: Dude, Dan - it hurts me to hear that. But yes - replacing a piston is better than replacing an entire block (in which case you would blow all of your oil all over your engine bay and probably sieze the crank AND cams, and break all the valves and both timing chains). Be glad you caught it before the catastrophic finale. If you were in Columbus, I would totally help you with the swap...

[nadthomas]

Well, the car will be in Newark in 5 days, where I'll have all the tools and time I need to do the job(just no money:(). The search for a new engine will start right away, I need this thing back on the road ASAP.

What do you guys think, if I get an engine with 30-40k would there really be much sense in tearing it down before putting it in the car. I don't think with that low of mileage it would be necessary.

[B3NN3TT]

I wouldn't get a whole new engine just yet - most likely you just have one piston on the way out. Much cheaper to replace one piston that the whole deal.

[nadthomas]

Yeah, except for I wouldn't know were to begin if I had to tear down the block, and replace a piston. If I had to pay someone to do the work it would cost a small fortune, so for me I think a new engine is the best bet. My stepdad was telling me there is a place on 5th St in Columbus that rebuilds the engines, and you just trade them your bad engine for the rebuilt one. Said they were pretty reasonable from what he recalled, but he doesn't remember the name. Anyone know who I'm talking about.

[racerx]

rod knock = done motor

better to just replace the motor and cheaper than rebuilding the existing one. There is no quick and easy fix to this.