engine knocking..then it died, what happened here? Options

[hockeyplyr24]

so im driving along..and the engine was making a knocking/ticking type of sound which i've never heard before...so i started takin it slow and everything...then im gettin off the hwy..and the car dies...i try startin it and it starts up knocks alot shaking the whole car and dies again..what do you think is wrong w/the engine? im thinkin a rod or piston or something..but not sure..i bet it could be alot?

[Bitter]

it could be a number of internal problems.

how was your oil level?

[hockeyplyr24]

oil was a lil low..but nothin of great concern..so idk

[Bitter]

were you turning or in a long sweeping bend or an on/off ramp?

its *possible* (i dont know the 5sfe oil pan) that if you were on a long sweeper and low on oil that you sucked some air into the oiling system and that spun a bearing.

in general how do you treat the car? do you drive it hard often? do you let it warm up for atleast a couple minutes before taking off?

its also possible that you spun a bearing or seized/broke a rod out of the blue....but thats less likely.

exactly how low were you?

[hockeyplyr24]

well..i was on the hwy..and then i was gettin on the off ramp and the car died..generally..i do both type of driving habits..sometimes i drive normal..sometimes hard...as of oil level..it was..i'd say a lil less than the halfway mark...which isnt horrible

[Bitter]

less than the halfway mark is pretty bad!

[hockeyplyr24]

eh..it still had enough to run..my oil light wasnt on..and the day b4 everything was running perfectly..it was quite out of the blue

This post has been edited by hockeyplyr24: Mar 13, 2006 - 9:55 PM

[Bitter]

less than the halfway mark is pretty bad!

im saying this again so you understand. less than 1/2 is BAD.

and one more time

less than 1/2 is BAD.


it sounds like you spun a bearing (initial sound) then when you kept driving on it seized the rod to the crank and threw the rod making your engine now a 3cylinder or a giant paper weight.

[hockeyplyr24]

yea..im pretty upset about it..i couldnt believe what had happened..not much i can really do now i guess..i was plannin on doing a 3sgte swap w/in the next couple months..now i guess i will just have to do it sooner or something....bc im sure this could get quite expensive to fix

[lagos]

how many miles on the motor?

[hockeyplyr24]

i have roughly 165,000 miles on it..which is quite alot

[Jen]

Eh.. that's what happened when I threw a rod.. I got my engine rebuilt since then.

[easternpiro1]

same thing happened to me...worst day of my life december 8 2003. you threw a rod as stated earlier. and if you think your oil light was gonna come on yer wrong....mine didnt... good luck though i know a place you can get an engine pretty cheap. called ny block exchange in asheville nc got my 7a for like 800 bucks

[hockeyplyr24]

yea i kinda figured thats what happened..im still gonna check everything out first..and maybe bring it by some1 to be sure its not a cheap fix...but other than that im still in search for a st205 and tranny for cheap..i'll look up that place u mentioned..thanks