Recent content by JubeP

I guess I just got lucky... Like I said, the oil pump is most likely not his problem. I would not have expected a knocking noise either, in fact two of the master techs at the dealership I used to work at took a listen while it was up on the lift and were like, yod knock, yep rod knock. It was...

It's pretty hard to diagnose something over the internet, I know you said the noise is coming from the bottom, but these engines have a pretty noisy valvetrain, especially if the lash is not adjusted right. would be more of a ticking coming from the valve cover. Just trying to rule out easy...

Oh, and listen to madizell, he obviously knows what he's talking about. Also, the double row timing chain is/ used to be considered an upgrade .I'm not sure on the specifics of why, but I think LC engineering used to sell kits to do the swap...

Hey coming out of lurker mode to post this, it's probably not very common, but I have actually had an oil pump go bad on a 22RE and it sounded almost exactly like a rod knock, coming from the same area too! Took us forever to find the culprit, the way we ruled out the rod bearings was by...