ROD KNOCK-Urgent

[DSMfreestyling]

Alright, weeks ago I posted a thread on here waiting for a response but now luck. The thread was ROD KNOCK CONFIRMATION, no response at all I actually expected help but I resolved it myself by doing more and more research.

I do have rod knock sad to say this is my first rod knock and my first DSM. I never really done rebuilds that includes the block, I've done Head work, engine swaps simple transmission swaps/work and i can go on and on. Safe to say I'm clueless when it comes to bottom end work.

The knocking sound appeared out of no where once i started the car after work I popped the hood, my stupid self was standing on the edge of the curve where i parked since i parked too close to the curve in the first place. As i was opening the hood i reached for the stick to hold the hood and tried to put it in its place to hold the hood, I failed to do so it fell and i reached for it. Trying to grab it with my left hand and holding the hood up with my right hand i slipped forward and switched hands so my left hand was holding the hood and i put my right hand down towards the engine bay to hold myself up and ended up....

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I landed my hand towards the belts, my hand got caught and it happened so quick that i managed to pull my hand free due to some gloves i was wearing but at thew moment painless I slowly fell into shock...

Broke both finger cut them up pretty bad too, my middle fingers nail came off follow by some tissue and exposed my finger bone to the air. I never felt the pain before. They took my other finger nail off since there was a deep cut where the base of the nail sits and grows from.

My point is, I cannot work on my DSM for about 2 months. I've got to the point that I'm so stressed out i can't help it and posted my car up for sale on craigslist for 2250, then 2000 now 1500 and now i got to the point 1000. Just enough so i can jump back to the Honda scene and buy a 90-93 accord. I then stopped and slapped some sense to myself as in "why would I drop +$2000.00 on a E316G setup and just give up".

I need help, advice anything that can lead me to a successful rebuild. I've done plenty of search and find but not luck just a lot of misguided information that put me to the place I'am now. I'm thinking of buying the following parts heres a list.

New Cast Iron Crank Shaft with Rod bearings,
A set of new Rods,
a complete head Gasket kit,

Is the job hard? Is there more specific things I should watch out for beside damage on the head and metal shavings?....

Please just help me guys i don't want to buy a new DSM and sure hell don't wanna buy another honda accord.

 

[Below Ambient]

Try having a jack fail and a car fall on you....

I think you did the best thing by posting here asking for moral support... I always come here when i work on my car, mostly for feedback if I have a question about something...

Instead of freaking out and regrettably selling your GST which seems to have some well-chosen mods, what you should do is make an assessment of the damage by finding the bad bearing. Chances are if you caught it in time you just need to get the crank polished and replace the bearings...

 

[DSMfreestyling]

Try having a jack fail and a car fall on you....

I think you did the best thing by posting here asking for moral support... I always come here when i work on my car, mostly for feedback if I have a question about something...

Instead of freaking out and regrettably selling your GST which seems to have some well-chosen mods, what you should do is make an assessment of the damage by finding the bad bearing. Chances are if you caught it in time you just need to get the crank polished and replace the bearings...

OUCH! jack failure sucks too, I had a brake rotor fall fast on my leg before when a jack failed to hold it up. But my fingers is something else I can't do much without screaming in pain I can't even hold up my daughters anymore which kills me to see them cry.

Yeah I need take the time off to jack up my car and pull down the oil pan, but thats just it I don't feel like taking any risks I rather replace the whole solution to the problem.

 

[Guzman08]

ouch!!!..

 

[JusMX141]

Have you even tried dropping the pan and seeing how bad the crank is scored? You may be able to get away with polishing the crank a little and installing new bearings for now until your hand is healed, then proceed with a proper rebuild.

Also, whatever turbo is on your car is now full of metal and will not last very long....so fit a turbo rebuild into your budget as well.

 

[DSMfreestyling]

Yeah I believe I might of trashed the turbo well 16g rebuild kits aren't too pricey.
Also I haven't really been able to even pull down the pan, I can't do much with one hand its like i lost half my strength. So sorry I'm really trying to get this going but I'll do my best this weekend.

Polishing the crank?

So if I see a little play in the rod caps I may have to replace the bearing? As well as clean and inspect the rest of the engine?

Is there any chance i can find out if i need new rods by pulling down just the pan?

 

[96 420a-t]

You might even get my luck. Crank was perfect and o just rolled bearing in and called it a day.

 

[Below Ambient]

Yeah I believe I might of trashed the turbo well 16g rebuild kits aren't too pricey.
Also I haven't really been able to even pull down the pan, I can't do much with one hand its like i lost half my strength. So sorry I'm really trying to get this going but I'll do my best this weekend.

Polishing the crank?

So if I see a little play in the rod caps I may have to replace the bearing? As well as clean and inspect the rest of the engine?

Is there any chance i can find out if i need new rods by pulling down just the pan?

I forgot you're injured... that really sucks when you don't know what to fix... maybe you can get a friend to do the work?

polishing the crank is a procedure that machine shops do... good machinists can actually roll metal over to bring a tolerance up to snuff...

play in the rods is normal for side not up and down...

as far clean up, i would flush the engine once you get it fixed if you can salvage the crank, and rebuild the turbo...

 

[JusMX141]

Post an ad in your regional forum (below on main forum page) and see if someone local is willing to help you do the work...that's about all I can suggest.

 

[95talongirl]

OUCH!!!

Hope you have a speedy recovery!

Without inspection, you won't know the extent of the damage. Like mentioned above, you could have gotten lucky and just need new bearings and a crank polish.. Hopefully you have a friend or relative nearby that could lend you some assistance.

Best of luck to you!