General Car Question
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07
General Car Question
How do you temporarily quiet a rod knock? I have been told to add many things like thick thick oil, slick 50, and BG RF7, if you guys have any suggestion please tell me. THANKS
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Originally Posted by Dan92
How do you temporarily quiet a rod knock? I have been told to add many things like thick thick oil, slick 50, and BG RF7, if you guys have any suggestion please tell me. THANKS
. The shady car lot method.
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Originally Posted by rick lambert
That kind of action is sooooo sleazy 
some poor guy on minimum wage gets stuck with it. 
do it right.
some poor guy on minimum wage gets stuck with it. do it right.
What is the purpose of quieting it down? Are you trading it in, are you selling?
If you are selling, I would be upfront about everything, for a trade in, I may do what you are thinking, but it still isn't right. I would fix it.
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throwing in several cans of stp (do they still sell that?) or ''motor honey" (do they still?) or grounding the plug wire to the bad cylinder, may get you back home...if you dump it on a dealer or some unsuspecting individual, expect trouble to find you.
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Guys it's for my dad's 2002 Jeep Cherokee which has 138,000 miles and it has a little rod knock (tick tick tick) he wants to know how to quiet it down for a while until he fixes it but he doesn't know how.
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Originally Posted by Dan92
Guys it's for my dad's 2002 Jeep Cherokee which has 138,000 miles and it has a little rod knock (tick tick tick) he wants to know how to quiet it down for a while until he fixes it but he doesn't know how.
A ticking sound that varies with engine speed might be a lifter.
Have you sounded the engine with a stethoscope (or a big screwdriver) to locate the source?
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I am with OldCorvetteFan.
Those I6s are super stout, I would be stunned if there was a rod problem. My brothers has over 200k on it, and a friend, the last time I spoke with him, had almost 300k on his.
Those I6s are super stout, I would be stunned if there was a rod problem. My brothers has over 200k on it, and a friend, the last time I spoke with him, had almost 300k on his.
