Kalashnikov
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Knock Knock (build thread)
Today is a ****** day. On my way to work on the highway I all of a sudden start loosing power. I switch tanks thinking maybe I got a bad batch of WMO since I had just filled. Strtas getting realy bad so I looked back and there's quite a bit of smoke, check oil pressure gauges and there's NONE. So I got off the highway, it died when I put it in neutral but would start if I tried. Pulled over and there'e oil everywhere and by this point it's knocking decently. Turns out a clamp holding one of the rubber lines on the oil cooler broke so the line popped off. There just happens to be a walmart nearby so I got 3 gallons of oil. Dumped 2 in an it was full. Started it quickly and it sounded pretty bad still. So I got towed home. Afer sitting a few hours I tried again and it started normally but still sounded like there was a slight knock. I'm going to try again tonight when I get home from work. I might try some Lucas that I used once before but I'm not too sure. I have another IDI with 180k miles that I could put in or take a powerstroke out of a 95 I'm getting. I could just keep driving it as is or pull the oil pan but I doubt there is enough room to even do bearings while it's still in? The engine in it has 195k. I just put new injectors and IP back at the end of spring.
Today is a ****** day. On my way to work on the highway I all of a sudden start loosing power. I switch tanks thinking maybe I got a bad batch of WMO since I had just filled. Strtas getting realy bad so I looked back and there's quite a bit of smoke, check oil pressure gauges and there's NONE. So I got off the highway, it died when I put it in neutral but would start if I tried. Pulled over and there'e oil everywhere and by this point it's knocking decently. Turns out a clamp holding one of the rubber lines on the oil cooler broke so the line popped off. There just happens to be a walmart nearby so I got 3 gallons of oil. Dumped 2 in an it was full. Started it quickly and it sounded pretty bad still. So I got towed home. Afer sitting a few hours I tried again and it started normally but still sounded like there was a slight knock. I'm going to try again tonight when I get home from work. I might try some Lucas that I used once before but I'm not too sure. I have another IDI with 180k miles that I could put in or take a powerstroke out of a 95 I'm getting. I could just keep driving it as is or pull the oil pan but I doubt there is enough room to even do bearings while it's still in? The engine in it has 195k. I just put new injectors and IP back at the end of spring.
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