Matthew Hamilton
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- Aug 31, 2014
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Anaheim,
California
Hey guys, so i bought a 2g DSM 420a completely stock. This is my first car but ive been torn apart from it for a few months now. Recently I was driving and kinda pushed it a little going to 5k+ RPM's just having some fun and out of nowhere i felt a significant lose in power. And along with the lose of power in driving there is a very loud knocking noise coming from the engine bay itself. So i few days later i checked everything out for some reason i didnt have ANY oil i guess(friend helped me out im a noobie in cars/engines but know basics) anyways we put brand new oil in it and also there wasnt any coolant so we put some in, just weird because i recently got all my fluids changed around 3 months before this happened. So after that i turned my car back on and the noise was very dim as if it the noise was going away or something so i drove it around and tempted to drive it to my house which is about a hour away from where i pretty much broke down. Everything was good the noise was there but it wasnt as loud still felt some sort of lose in power or atleast i think. Half way driving along the freeway i got stuck in traffic and the noise was so terrible people were starring, the noise came back and was LOUD! So i got a tow truck to come get my car and finish taking it home. It is now sitting in my backyard. I dont know what to do im 18 so money is indeed a problem so i dont want to take it in a shop, i want to attempt on fixing it. Its hard to tell what the problem exactly. So far all ive done is what i know, i emptied the oil to make sure there wasnt anything chunky or bad in it, it looked good. So then i went and took off the valve cover(dont have a engine lift) and was thinking maybe a shaft was broken. But no its really clean the camshafts(i believe thats what it is) are in perfect condition, everything in the top of the engine looks very good. BUT! The only thing we noticed was it was pretty much oil free. Keep in mind i emptied the oil about 10minutes before removing the valve cover. So seeing how it was very very dry of oil, to the point where you wont get any on your finger, we were thinking maybe its a bad Oil Pump? Since the noise dimmed as we put brand new oil in. Is this a possibility that a bad oil pump can cause such a noise in the engine? I really hope its not like a blown piston or anything since i dont have the money to take it to get it fixed, and i need to get this fixed because being a college student with no car sucks! Lol. Seriously though if anyone knows any advice or can help a newcommer DSM'er out id appreciate it so much. Any questions on about the car ill be happy to answer just wanna fix this! Thanks guys. I live in the Anaheim area so any help AT ALL would be very needed at this time.
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