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Medium Dave

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Ok, so out driving up the mountain, third gear and I gave it some sauce to climb the incline. Then TAP TAP TAP TAP (no bang) louder with revs, and consistent with the engine spinning. We limped it back home and killed the engine, the one time I didnt check oil levels... she drank 1.5 litres to show full.

I will get my mechanic to come and look at it, but does anyone have any thoughts on options I may have... if it doesnt cost too much I will fix that engine, if it needs a full rebuild can the cost easily blow out to a point where I should have bought a new engine? I have a few dollars set aside (was for a house deposit, damn) but I cant throw my chequebook at it... Thanks

Oh, I dont need a lecture, lets just take it as read I feel pretty bad about it :D

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R31Nismoid Grand Master

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So, did it belch oil smoke out the ass everywhere when you heard this "noise".

If not then it aint a piston (or 3)

And would make is as others have said, bearing.

Depends on whats stuffed, the crank might not be in a good state now. So could be cheaper not to rebuild and get a 2nd hand if your budgeting

I guess thats what happens when your 1.5ltr in the red on oil :P

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Thanks guys, it is a 15 yr RB20 (forgot to mention) was in ok cond before i got it a month ago ( or so the mech said) hopefully I will be back on the road soon :P - staying positive - could be worse, my friend bought a wrx a week ago, and crashed it thursday night, and another friend blew his new engine... Doh' we are not having a good day

Denver Grand Master

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your engine is gone!

does it sound like there's a piece of floating metal in the top of the manifold ...?

if so rings are gone and u probably f**ked the block as well its driveable but the damage is done .....

not necasarily, even if its spun a bearing, the oil filter, should do its job and catch the debrie, if its busted a piston it may not have damaged the bores, and depending on how bad the staration was it might have only lightly scored the bores..

but given its an rb20, just get a bare motor, and swap all your manifols etc over, should only set you back a few hundred bucks for a bare long motor

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not necasarily, even if its spun a bearing, the oil filter, should do its job and catch the debrie, if its busted a piston it may not have damaged the bores, and depending on how bad the staration was it might have only lightly scored the bores..

but given its an rb20, just get a bare motor, and swap all your manifols etc over, should only set you back a few hundred bucks for a bare long motor

actually it really depends on what broke or what is loose the oil filter doesnt catch everything! well i got the same noise and well lets just say it went through the whole engine.....

and about the bores if the piston is stuffed and he drove it home im sure the bores would be f**ked!

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My r33 started making that same tapping noice which can be confused for a noisy tappet,lifter. I rung my dad which is a michanic and he said go get some oil it will be cool.

Got 2 km down the road and she seized! Number five piston, Big end bearing. Block f**ked. Just managed to machine head enough to sell off, crank completely stuffed. Cooked my starter motor trying to start it!

Big end bearing could have been end of story, But wise old dad said drive it!

f**k

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Where ever your dad works I would not be going...surfice to say never listen to family

Might be an idea to pull of the sump and see if anything is evident. Also change the oil to see if there are any unwanted particles in the oil, strian it through a stocking unless you have a magnet lying around

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