Vasir

pardon my noobiness, from the little research i did it looks like i have to drop the engine to get to this cam sensor?? thats not right, right?

Edit: nope. I got this. putting it on stands now.

Mhenry

Vasir, you are the man. I am enjoying the DIY crowd taking on these cars.

fpb111

Did you listen to this video in post #9 in the other thread? Does the noise sound like "pool *****" clacking together?

speed rII

No need for stands, sensor 2 is on top of the right cyl head

Vasir

no, not like that close, but no?. hard to describe.



Ffffff... If only I knew this 5 minutes ago. I spent 1 hour looking for my other jackstand when i gave up and used the ghetto cement block method instead, as you will see in the photo.

But thank you, this does make it easier!

figure its still good to go under it to investigate where the drip of oil is coming from.

Vasir

Took a recording of the sound:

fpb111

That sounds like dual row IMS bearing with cage failure on one side.

Ahsai

Can you at least id which end of the engine the sound is coming from? When the cats break down inside, they could rattle like that, especially at idle.

Vasir

it def is coming from the where the trans connects... Ill start it up again and go under it to listen. maybe take a recording. In other news, the serpentine belt is toast.

Ahsai

Only flywheel, IMSB, and clutch there. May need to drop the transmission to check further.

Vasir

Yep. Its coming from there. Engine's coming down.

But i hear it on the tranny side?

Ahsai

I would take a bad trans over a bad engine any day. Good luck and let us know what you find.

Vasir

I hear it on the transmission side of things. Im torn on which to take down as a guesstimation first. If its the IMS i still have to take the transmission down, correct?

Video uploading now...

Vasir

fpb111

IMSB odds n ends for bedtime reading.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...of#entry249245

http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...of#entry243448

http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...of#entry243192