knocking

[bigkoala1]

woke up this morning got in the vx, only to notice when i started it a slight knocking that gets louder whe i give it some gas. wtf??? oil was a little lower than normal, got the oil changed with 10w40 today with a new filter. knocking isnt as loud but i can still hear it. im having a bad day.

is it too late to ask for a new 3.5 for christmas?

[Y33TREKker]

Is it actual mechanical knocking, or could it possibly be the "dieseling" knocking that happens when that nut at the bottom of the egr tube comes loose?

[bigkoala1]

Is it actual mechanical knocking, or could it possibly be the "dieseling" knocking that happens when that nut at the bottom of the egr tube comes loose?

im not sure. its almost non existant at idle and i can only hear it now if i pop the hood and rev the engine.

[etlsport]

i would be interested to see the diagnosis on this.. i've had a tapping under the hood for awhile.. assumed it was my valves, mechanic said he wouldnt mess with it unless it got worse

[bigkoala1]

will do man.

my mechanic also said sont worry about it unless it gets worse

[WILLY]

check that nut under the egr valve,mine didnt git put back in when i had my intake gaskets replace and made noise that sounded like my engine was tapping,i was so relieved when my noise was gone after i put it back in.

[Gussie2000]

Well,my toy has the same diesel knocking noise tough.

I don't know if that will be a problem in the near future,but i'll be taking steps towards that issue.

Next weekend i'll have my mech check the whole truck to find any hidding or potencial problems.

My odor reading is 40.800 as i write this replay & since i purchase the VX i have add 2,789 miles. Most of them to back & forth to the dealer

Thankfully my job site is only six miles away so adding excesive miles isn't an issue for me.

I'll have the engine flushed out I add syntetic mobil 1 oil as how many of you guys are recommended.


Take care guys !

[etlsport]

gussie.. try a search for EGR nut... they have been known to come loose to cause that diesel sound

[etlsport]

found this site.. dont know if anyones tried it or not... www.gotengines.com

[bigkoala1]

i think i found a motor for it im gonna talk to the shop today. the guy said all of their motas have a 5 year 100000 mi warrenty, but, we all know how that goes. for 4500 installed.

[Rene M]

www.car-part.com for used motors.

[Gussie2000]

gussie.. try a search for EGR nut... they have been known to come loose to cause that diesel sound

Thanks buddy i'll have that research done with the mech this saturday morning

[bigkoala1]

they said i would get my truck back mon or tues. i cant wait to park this big ugly van!!!

[Mrcln1]

I just purchased a motor from Engines Direct a few months back for around the same price. It died on me with 4k on the clock. Had rod knock. They provided a new motor and hopefully I will get $600.00 back for labor. They only pay $50 an hour up to $600. I wish I had read the fine print. Anyway I got the call two days ago that I can pick mine up anytime. It will be the weekend before I can get a ride to get it but I'm excited regardless. I hope we both have better luck this time around.

Good Luck,

Mrcln1