Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling August 01, 2006, 02:51:30 AM Ok, so a friend of mine from work bought a T-bird a while back, he drove it once and it overheated. Apparently the radiator blew on it.He replaced the radiator and so on.. but it didn't fix the overheating. I took a look and fixed the overheating problem which was a crushed heater pipe. But the car has a knock or a rattling sound coming from it. It almost sounds like something rattling around in the engine bay like a pulley because sometimes it squeaks too. Anyway, here's the two videos I took, can anyone identify the sound of it? I'm hoping not rod knock, but you never can tell. This car does have 220,000 miles on it.Also, it's a 92 3.8 obviously. How do you pull the codes on this thing? It comes up once in awhile.Two videos here ---http://www.cougarnuts.com/MVI_0588.AVI (7.26MB)http://www.cougarnuts.com/MVI_0589.AVI (3.70MB)Both videos are very small, but I just took them for the sound.Thanks for any help ahead of time. Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #1 – August 01, 2006, 03:24:40 AM i cant view the videos cause of my poor connection. but i had a very hi milage 3.8 once in a 85 fox mustang it made a rattling/ knocking noise and was the crank thrust bearing. check to see how far it moves for and aft. Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #2 – August 01, 2006, 08:19:18 AM That sounds EXACTLY like my probe gt when it spun a rod bearing. Check with others though. I'm about 80 percent positive. Try to get information on how a thrown rod would sound as far as consistancy/repetiveness. Do an oil change and look for shavings. Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #3 – August 01, 2006, 12:42:50 PM oooooooooooooooooooooooooo,That's a rod,sorry man but it looks like you need an engine,i hate that sound. Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #4 – August 01, 2006, 01:18:15 PM Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87i cant view the videos cause of my poor connection. but i had a very hi milage 3.8 once in a 85 fox mustang it made a rattling/ knocking noise and was the crank thrust bearing. check to see how far it moves for and aft.^ this will also sound like a rod knock Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #5 – August 01, 2006, 01:48:54 PM Harmonic balancer coming apart? Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #6 – August 01, 2006, 04:15:35 PM Take the belt off and run it to eliminate all the belt driven stuff. Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #7 – August 01, 2006, 05:25:47 PM Sounds like a rod. Valves would make more of a ticking sound. It's gotta be a rod. It's knocking like an SOB. Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #8 – August 01, 2006, 07:53:30 PM You, sounds like a rod. Probably towards the back (those like to go first on 5.0's as well as 3.8's) Quote Selected
Working on a friend's T-Bird - Rattling Reply #9 – August 02, 2006, 12:51:30 AM Well thanks everyone, but I'm done working on it. He's looking for a different car right now. Car isn't worth as much as how much it would cost to fix it.Thanks all. Quote Selected
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