engine noise w/ video

[3.3H6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9wUQHX3gg

posted a video of the engine running, any ideas? i'm afraid to drive it to the dealer 30 miles away

[North Ursalia]

It sounds a lot like two words: "bearing" and "spun"- put them in the order you like, but it sucks either way.

[3.3H6]

Originally Posted by North Ursalia

It sounds a lot like two words: "bearing" and "spun"- put them in the order you like, but it sucks either way.

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This won't be cheap if it is. oh this is gonna screw my miserable bank account over.

[Cam]

You can take the oil pan, sump and windage baffle off. This will allow inspection or the rod bearings. You may also check for evidence of a spun main bearing (look very closely at #5). It would most likely be worth it to just get a donor engine.

[3.3H6]

Originally Posted by Cam

You can take the oil pan, sump and windage baffle off. This will allow inspection or the rod bearings. You may also check for evidence of a spun main bearing (look very closely at #5). It would most likely be worth it to just get a donor engine.

yeah, that would be great, if I weren't a poor, jobless college student with little time in the week to be doing an engine swap. T-T

[North Ursalia]

Drain the oil and strain the oil as it comes out through something like a cheesecloth- if the bearings did spin, you'll see the gold residue in the cheesecloth. This will save you pulling the pan off to check at the very least.

You might have gotten really lucky and just blown the bearings in one of the idler pulleys for your timing belt, as it can sound like a spun bearing.