When the 99's with the bad thrust bearing gave up it was just motor overheated and stopped and wouldn't restart.
Larry Alster 91 Miata White Knight 92 Miata Silver Bullet 92 Miata Honey B 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh 06 WRX STi Subie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Rigley Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:20 AM To: Ken Bogart Cc: MiataPower Subject: Re: 99 mk2 run with v.low oil.. Hi Ken, Aha I see.... so change bearings or throw in a new engine? Is this one likely to give up the ghost spectacularly (should I tell her to stop driving it?)? Cheers Steve On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Ken Bogart <[email protected]> wrote: I would predict a crank/rod bearing. Off throttle, the play in the gap causes a knocking sound. It will probably get worst over time. Smell the oil. Does it smell of engine death? Ken Bogart ----------------------------------------------------- 96 Montego Blue FFS Coldside (His) 97 Black & Tan (Hers) 90 Crystal White (sons) ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.miatacare.com http://www.cincimiata.com http://www.miatagathering.com http://www.bcchallenger.org MiataMail.com list owner On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Stephen Rigley <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, A "friend" of mine ran their 99 mk2 with low oil (read: this could mean none) for some time. It was eventually noticed when the engine started making noises. Oil was added and it still running. I took it for a spin at the weekend, it accelerates + idles fine, no noises, but when lifting off or *just* slightly applying trottle it makes a cyclic deep click noise. Its been suggested that the crank is done for, but it sounds more top end to me.. actually.. the engine feels pretty strong. I suspect its had its engine wrung out on a regular basis too ;-) What should I be looking at first here? What kind of damage? Likely the noise is crank floating back and forth? Cheers, Steve _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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