Knocking After warming Up

[Mrcln1]

Most shops wanted $300.00 plus to take the VX to the nearest Isuzu dealer. The towman will do it for $195.00. It's over an hours drive for me so thats not bad. He'll be here in a little while to pick it up. Man I hope it's repairable cause I just have a feeling that they will give me a hard time over the warranty. My mechanic worked at a Ford dealer for 4 or 5 years but I don't know if that will be enough to persuade them that he's good enough to sustain the engine warranty. I think he needs to be ASE certified but I'm not sure if he is, was, or is anymore. I'm not sure how strict Engines Direct is. It ran for 4 or 5 thousand miles just fine so it should have been installed just fine I guess. I don't know. They'll look at it Friday morning and let me know the deal.

Thanks for the help guys. I'll keep you updated.

Mrcln1

[Tobert]

I suspect that the 6ve1's crank is not strong enough to survive after substantial regrinding. It looks like my broken engine's crank had been ground and replaced with new bearings and pistons. If the crank was already at tolerance, grinding off metal at the journals will only weaken it. Nearly all engine remanufacturing shops regrind their cranks and most of the engines they start with have spun a bearing or something similar, forcing more than minimal grinding.

I really, really hope that yours does not suffer the same fate as mine. At least if it is a broken crank, it should be nearly impossible for them to blame it on anyone but themselves. Even the worst installer would have a hard time causing that catastrophic of a failure. At least I keep telling myself that

[Mrcln1]

I hope thats it too. They got it Thursday and were supposed to look at it Friday morning but when I called the service manager said he had a certain mechanic he wanted to look at it because they only have one chance at this. I was glad to hear that. Makes me think they know exactly what they are dealing with. Still haven't heard anything as of today but I've learned not to rush body shops or mechanics. lol I'm taking care of the no 4x4 thing tomorrow though. I'm trading my 05 GTO for an 05 Rubicon, all black. I think the Vehicross is gonna turn into a 2wd S10 with the sport suspension when it's repaired. I really liked it till it broke, now I worry about it and my work doesn't accept excuses. I really appreciate the help you guys have given me during my one year as a Vehicross owner and wish it would have lasted longer. I'll keep you guys updated as I find out the deal.

Thanks alot guys,

Mrcln1

[Mrcln1]

Talked to dealer yesterday and they said it was rod or rod bearing knock. Called Engines Direct and they called Proformance Engines. Warranty guy called me said that they pay $50 an hour labor up to $600. I wanna make sure it's as right as possible this time so I'm gonna get the dealer to do the install of the new engine. He said as long as they can confirm it failed from the reman process they'll pay. Is there anything that I or the installer could have done to cause this? It ran perfect for 4000k. I'm gonna end up with a hell of a bill from the dealer anyway cause they charge $80 an hour labor and the installer only pays $50 an hour. Just wanna make sure that theres nothing that was done on my end to cause this. Also after this I really recommend getting an engine from a dealer. It seems worth the extra cash to have everything covered completely. Especially after what I've been through with this reman. Of course the guy at Proformance said I was lucky because most warranty companies don't pay as much as Engines Direct will.

Thanks For The Help guys,

Mrcln1

[Rene M]

Sounds more like a fuel knock.
If it is fix it soon or you will be installing a new motor, again.