calibeater Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 ok, earlier this week my engine on my dd blew up and lit on fire, so i had to start driving my pathy everyday. well i noticed that it has what sounds like a rod knock. how can i figure out if thats what it is exactly? i cant afford to blow up another engine. i'm really hoping its not a rod knock cuz i already started buying parts for my pathy's make over. is my best bet to just put a stick around on the engine and try to find where its coming from? please let me know if there are any other ways or by this time next week it could be gone. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 first off, how BAD is this "knock"?? have you ever changed the maifold studs? cuz they can lead you to believe it's a knock/valve tap........ is it running fine? is the knock only on start up? need more info...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 yea i was thinking it may be lifer tick or exhaust leak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 x3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Rod Knock... sounds like a porn name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Rod Knock... sounds like a porn name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 is my best bet to just put a stick around on the engine and try to find where its coming from? Yes. Use something metal... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibeater Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 ok more details, i have never replaced the exhaust manifold studs, it seems to be a lil louder when its cold. when its fully warmed up i can hear it while driving slow with window down or at idle, so its not like it sounds like i have a baby diesel under the hood. the noise follows engine speed and i dont really hear it higher in the rpm's. its coming from the driver side and when i put my head by engine bay i can hear it alot louder. my path never seemed to have as much power as my 89 did and they were almost identical, but thats a different problem, it seems to be running pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Now it really sounds like the exhaust manifold leak... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibeater Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) well i didnt think an exhaust leak could be that loud. like i thought they were a soft tick. its pretty soft but i can still hear it when i drive. OH, another thing i noticed, you can hear it best when someone rev's up the engine a lil and on the down rev, you can hear it best. well i logged at least 550-600 miles on it last week and the noise is the same. so i am starting to think it is an exhaust leak. Edited April 27, 2009 by calibeater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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