Originally Posted By: morepwr
Originally Posted By: TechnoLoGs
We got it timed, changed out a cracked spark plug, drained out 10 or 11 quarts of oil and it has a rod knock.
You drained 10 or 11 quarts?! All at once? If it had that much oil it then that was probably your leak since it only holds 5 and was pushing it out of anywhere it could!
If it has a knock, then there is no magic fix for oil. You can run thicker oil to help quiet it down but the bottom line is it needs work. How is the oil pressure?
Hi there. I had left out a few details, very sorry.. The leak was in fact coming from the dipstick housing. The GOOD mechanic, across town and passed off to by the [censored] mechanic, showed me how it was pouring out like a small river from there, and how the installed, broken, thrown-on dipstick was too short. He went and found a replacement from another 4.3 and I will try the old dipstick in the new tube.
I also learned something new every day; it appears that 10 or 11 quarts drained when he took the dipstick housing off, then appeared to drain the rest of the oil I assume through the pan bolt. I did not know an engine could hold that much oil, even a 4.3. He feels it helped spin a bearing.
He diagnosed me with "Rod knock, spun bearing." The oil does not appear to have metal shavings. My dumb [censored] bought 10W-30, thinking the motor would be fine. He told me that I could do bearings, but it would be $800-$1000. I can say that the motor now does not drip a drop of oil.
It was all about the TIMING today. It is now spot-on, and the engine has power. It doesn't overheat, either. Does not smoke, but sometimes "surges." I wish I could tell you how the oil pressure is, as the sender is still malfunctioning. The engine loses power when it surges. I want to try thicker oil, I wonder how much it will help things. Still, for my roadtrip, I want to get these bearings in there.
So, based on everything you know, how would the engine be looking after bearings???? Acting???? I would share OP readings but that sensor is busted.
Everything else now works......................................