- Joined
- Sep 11, 2007
- Messages
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- Points
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- Age
- 52
- Vehicle Year
- 1999
- Transmission
- Manual
I bought this 99 B3000 with no oil pressure. Dirt cheap. Sounded horrible. So i had a pretty good idea what i was getting into. The diagnosis wasn't to bad (for working on imports for a living lol), the camshaft synchronizer gear teeth were ground down to nothing, obviously the oil pump wasn't turning either. So I put a new synchronizer and oil pump in it, engine runs smooth, excellent oil pressure, but the engine is knocking, sounds EXACTLY like rod knock. OK i'm thinking it's still not a tragedy (the price was right) so i tear down the engine the second time, put a set of rod bearings and a set of hydraulic lifters in (some of them felt really weak). After starting up the exact same noise. Sounds just like rod knock but a little quieter. Gets loud under load, almost disappears at idle. I'm thinking my last resort would be a knocking wrist pin but before i tear it down the 3d time I thought i'll ask around if anyone had similar problems.
