hey, I got off the highway yesterday and I noticed my car is knockng. I han hear it at idle even. I checked the oil and its fine, the temp is fine too. Did I spin a rod bearing? I have like almost no power now (I have an L69) and the knock gets worse with the higher RPMS.
I parked the car yesterday and then fired it up this morning before work. I took it around the block and it seemed fine pwerwise until it got warm or normal operating temp then my power was gone again. If this is a bearing how hard would it be to replace without pulling the engine or what else could it be. (please tell me something easy to fix!) I just put a new t5 in the car and I'm really losing patients, it seems to be 1 thing after another.

 

most likely it might be a rod bearing. the same thing happened to me a couple months ago while i was driving. all of a sudden it just started knocking really loud and just got louder at higher RPM's. Even at idle it was a loud knock. I have no power either when i tried to gun it down the street......or at least until my rod went right through my oil pan......

 

oh wonderful lol is it hard to change this bearing without pullin my engine?

 

very, you need to raise the engine pull the pan, pull the crank, if theres enough room, pull the piston, have the crank machined, rod resized and try to get it all back together. I dont know if you could even do it on a camaro. There might not be enough room.

if theres not a ton of damage you could just pull the pan unbolt the piston, try to get a new bearing in and pray..it may hold, but i'd sell the car.

 

well ever since my engine went out it has been sitting here at home for a while and made me want to build a 383 which im almost done with after countless amount of money though...

 

same here..mine went, and i ended up about 50% over the original budget.

 

I dont think i'll be selling the car lol a new motor will be going in just not till I get funds together

 

Yeah sounds like a rod bearing. Trying to work on the lower half of the engine in a camaro is a ****ing bitch. You might as well just pull the engine and rebuild the whole thing unless your going to get a new engine.

 

i did mean sell if after you mickey moused the bearing..but if you can afford to do the engine then keep the car.

 

ahhhhh I misunderstood by sell the car. haha ya if i mickey moused it i'd sell it lol

 

People like that ruin 16 year olds lives. WTF move is that? Sounds like you sell used cars...