A38Valiant
Collector Of Rust
Another slant six knocker .............
Bout ten years ago I bought a pickup with a slant six that sounded like you were shakin rocks in a can. The seller told me that he bought a bad engine, and after telling me how he had to swap oil pans and that he had to turn "some thing" in order to get the pan on, said he only put 425 miles on it before it started knockin. Autopsy on that one revealed:
1) "some thing" was the oil pump pickup, which was a car unit for center sump
2) oil pump pickup was rotated about 45 degrees to clear rear sump truck pan
3) aside from being uncovered and allowing oil pump to suck air
4) counter weights on crank were hitting oil pickup tube
5) oil pickup tube rubbed completely through
6) much powdered metal ........... big surprise!
Bout ten years ago I bought a pickup with a slant six that sounded like you were shakin rocks in a can. The seller told me that he bought a bad engine, and after telling me how he had to swap oil pans and that he had to turn "some thing" in order to get the pan on, said he only put 425 miles on it before it started knockin. Autopsy on that one revealed:
1) "some thing" was the oil pump pickup, which was a car unit for center sump
2) oil pump pickup was rotated about 45 degrees to clear rear sump truck pan
3) aside from being uncovered and allowing oil pump to suck air
4) counter weights on crank were hitting oil pickup tube
5) oil pickup tube rubbed completely through
6) much powdered metal ........... big surprise!