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Saturdee
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Duncannon,
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Well unless there are some identify wear marks on the caps that correspond with the rods then no. You will have to do a complete rebuild and have the rods checked and the big ends checked with the caps for proper circumference and bearing clamping force. When ever you pull a engine apart mark everything so it can go back the way it came out. The rods need to be in the cylinder they came from and with the caps the had and also in the direction they came out. As in there is a front and a back to the rods, caps, and pistons.
So now I gotta buy new rods is what you're saying?
And how am I supposed to do a compression test when the bottom of my engine is apart? Aren't you supposed to warm your car up before you do one? It's gonna suck if I rebuild my engine, get it back in the car, do a compression test, and find out one of my cylinders is bad.