On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 07:25:48PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > OK, on my latest 83 wagon, the story is kid kit a curb, dumped oil out. > Ever since has a loud knock. Anyways, messing with it today, sounds > like it might be coming from #2. If it was a rod knocking and not just > a loud diesel knock, would it still knock when the offending injector > line is loosened? On this one, seems to have a knock no matter which is > loosed, and all cylinders seem to be firing evenly.
Rod knock should not be dependent on the cylinder firing. If anything, the knock might be a teense quieter when the offending rod's cylinder is not firing. I'd probably yank the oil pan to see if you're [still] getting bearing material in the pan. Usually a spun bearing will have torn through part of the bearing. 617 cranks are ridiculously hard, you can probably slap a set of bearings on it for cheap and have a good runner for a while. Not sure if that'll be easier than locating a runner wagon engine, or swapping a wagon head onto a runner sedan/coupe engine. K
