Check your blood pressure .......... oops Oil Pressure at various RPMs and Temperature ranges before you jump, run naked into the fires of rebuilds. That knock could be loose torque converter, loose flex plate, broken flex plate. That 35$ Oil pressure gauge is something you're going to want if you get a new engine so it isn't money burned by buying it now. Stan Wilder On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:58:37 +0000 raul lince <eeore37@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > Hello there, I seem to have developed a knocking in my engine. At > first > start up you dont hear it but as the engine warms up gets louder. > Right now > it seems to be at the front of engine towards torque converter. We > used a > staff to our ears touching the case to confirm this. I guess its > rebuilt > engine time. Is boston bobs the best for the money im sceeming to > get a > stock rebuilt 2.1 after about 12 months(gotta donate a lot of plasma > over > the next year). How long does someone venture to guess can it be > driven > before its too far gone? Any help out there.... > Raul > '89 GL Money pit > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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