Inkdlyfe
Proven Member
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- Feb 23, 2016
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Summer feild,
Florida
Alright so my engine started to knock outta the blue over night after noticing my oil pressure wasn't reading I thought I might have cracked my pan and leaked oil over night but when I drained the pan there was honestly alot of oil 3.5 qts atleast but noticed that the oil looked very very shimmery and looked metallic almost but no metal shavings in the pan like last time I spun a bearing last year.... I grabbed the caps and there is ZERO play in them like I know what a spun bearing feels like 
.... There is very minor play side to side on each one but I think that's normal (1cm) if that. Before putting the motor back together is there anything else i should do ? The motor is 100% new so I figured the metal looking oil was just the breaking in of the engine ... ? I don't know. It's still all apart now so what should I try and do ? Or what else knocks?? I really don't wanna take my caps off there on perfect and have no play and do not have access to a torque wrench to torque to 75lbs ....
P.s. there was no knocking leading up to this the following night what so ever... And the oil gauge normally reads 80 psi at start up now it reads barely 10 but has oil in it (5qts plus lucast)
.... There is very minor play side to side on each one but I think that's normal (1cm) if that. Before putting the motor back together is there anything else i should do ? The motor is 100% new so I figured the metal looking oil was just the breaking in of the engine ... ? I don't know. It's still all apart now so what should I try and do ? Or what else knocks?? I really don't wanna take my caps off there on perfect and have no play and do not have access to a torque wrench to torque to 75lbs .... P.s. there was no knocking leading up to this the following night what so ever... And the oil gauge normally reads 80 psi at start up now it reads barely 10 but has oil in it (5qts plus lucast)
