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Old 05-12-2010, 06:11 PM
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its like a grinding knocking ticking noise coming from my engine. anyone else come across this horrible predicament? someone told me it could be a piston slappin... can anyone possibly point me in a direction to check? i was thinkin of getting a compression test what else should i try? thanks -C

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btw it seems to go away if i rev it up or just wait it out... makes me wanna cry haha
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holy crap! thats horrible! sounds like a bunch of rocks in the oil pan Hows the oil pressure? Is the noise louder from the top of the motor or bottom?
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torque converter bolts ... what it sounds like
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torque converter bolts ... what it sounds like
that just crossed my mind too,... Pop the inspection cover and see what you find
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I would do the easiest check first, take the inspection cover off, check the bolts and look for cracks.
If you find nothing, look for a new motor or get a rebuild kit.


Mine sounds worse though.
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If bolts are tight.. cracked flywheel then...
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try taking the serp. belt off and restart it. My a/c comp. sounded kinda like that, on a different vehicle.
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I betting on a cracked flexplate, or loose bolts. The engine sounded fine, the flexplate? Not so much.
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thanks guys ima get to checkin out my torque converter bolts and my flex plate. im living without net right now so i'll shoot an update once i figure it out/get a chance.
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when my torque convertor bolts got loose it sounded exactly like that... only much worse... it sounded like the engine was gonna blow
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A rod knock will have a steady rythem, a flexplate will have more of an eratic rythem just like what was heard in the video.
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this is what mine sounded like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http:...?v=1wkDAusyqac
sorry for the bad quality video... main camera was broken
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if no avail on the other listed ideas, check your water pump.... my water pump bearing blew out and sounded all clatery like that, i honestly thought my motor was done but them wiggled the water pump pulley and realized the issue.... motor still ran fairly cool and everything...

lol its kinda funny like show-code, but the 2nd jeep i owned; the torque converter had a single loose bolt and made a bunch of noise, i bought another donor jeep and swapped the motors out (old motor 189K, the swap motor 154k ) i realized about an hour after the whole swap was done that i just payed some dough out for a motor swap i didn't need lol.... my bro did some of the work and he though i pre-losened the bolt so he never said anything to me till it was done lmao!!
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check your bottom end could be main bearings

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