Josh's new motor... dead at 25

[DJYoshaBYD]

my motor is knocking in the bottom end.... I know its a rod... im a failure..... so much for my rebuild....

 

[LordZed]

AWWW! BOO! Sorry to hear it man. There is nothing worse than putting all that effort in for something to fail. Don't be too hard on yourself.

 

[c4uldr0n]

at 25 miles? crazy... what were the specs of the motor?

 

[luvmygst]

Ive had it happen too, due to a bad crank. I made it about 3 miles, NO worse feeling. Just try again and keep going.
Good luck

 

[c4uldr0n]

I'll have a beer for ya to ease the pain

 

[GPLaserRS]

I feel for you man. I was swapping a motor into my 90 GSX just after putting 2G pistons on it and there was a crack in my oil cooler line. Lost all 5 qts in about 3 blocks

 

[DJYoshaBYD]

I was just driving, then it died.... started it back up and it was knocking like crazy

 

[drewvr4]

i had the same problem with my galant...but dude i fixed it

i had to order a new crank, i got a butchered one from FFWD, put all new bearings in it and the car was fine. seeing the low miles on it you might be able to get away with just doing that.

 

[DJYoshaBYD]

then I would have to pull the motor and rebuild it... just did that... Im just going to get a long block and replace the motor, then have the busted one sitting off to the side for a crew project car....

 

[pooker]

That SUCKS.

 

[Quasimondo]

I feel your pain. My first rebuild failed after 200 miles. Turns out that I forgot to rotate the balance shaft bearings so it would block off the passages and I had abnormally low oil pressure. Any signs of abnormally oil pressure or anything before it gave up the ghost?