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Old 06-06-2012, 12:23 PM
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Hey guys I got a 91 Cherokee laredo I've been working on for a while and just recently it started making a noise that sounds like something is loose and rattling around and it sounds like its coming from my oil pan. I had a mechanic drill a new oil drain plug and didnt remove the pan. Is it metal shards or what?
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Moved to OEM.
Is it a auto or stick?
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broken/rusted exhaust clamp?
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Hey guys I got a 91 Cherokee laredo I've been working on for a while and just recently it started making a noise that sounds like something is loose and rattling around and it sounds like its coming from my oil pan. I had a mechanic drill a new oil drain plug and didnt remove the pan. Is it metal shards or what?
well if it truley is coming from your oil pan you could have a bad bearing causeing the crank to flop. Make 100% sure this is the cause of the noise before you go ripping into it.
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Check the torque converter bolts and look at the flexplate, the bolts tend to loosen and flexplates crack around the crank bolt holes.
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well if it truley is coming from your oil pan you could have a bad bearing causeing the crank to flop. Make 100% sure this is the cause of the noise before you go ripping into it.
I had my engine rebuilt 20000 miles ago. Wouldnt they replace that in the process?
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I had my engine rebuilt 20000 miles ago. Wouldnt they replace that in the process?
Oh ya! well if they are any good. That was more of a random answer. Like I said just try and recreate it in your drive way so you can pin point the absolute area.
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Well it sounds like my heat shield in my exhaust. Little more investigation is needed tho. And while investigating I found a missing bushing a kinked line tranny to radiator and my suspension is bad...worse than I had thought
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Hey thats not necessarily a bad thing, just mean new UPGRADES!!!

Good luck with it
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Originally Posted by ColoradoCorey
Hey thats not necessarily a bad thing, just mean new UPGRADES!!!

Good luck with it
upgrade to a lift!
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So I got all new suspension new bushing and a new tranny line for $400 and new exhaust with a thresh muffler for $150. So off to work now
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So I got all new suspension new bushing and a new tranny line for $400 and new exhaust with a thresh muffler for $150. So off to work now
good deal!

I hope you have been spraying those nuts and bolts with PB Blaster.

Good luck and have fun!
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So I got all new suspension new bushing and a new tranny line for $400 and new exhaust with a thresh muffler for $150. So off to work now
Damn bro! Did it fall off the back of a truck?
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