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i know thats what i mean some thing has to be broken or loose im thinkin lol

just dump the oil. See if there's anything in there and go from there. If you haven't changed the oil since it came in you should do it anyway. Should be changing all the fluids.

yea just have about to have a look now n see if theres any metel in it and if there isnt ?

Put new oil in it and try again. Some times heads will tap when they got old oil runnin through em. My old evo was a clasic for it.

Bugger.

take it from me, I've been swinging spanners for over 20 years and had my own big end go in an RB and the location of the noise absolutely stumped me even using a stethoscope, but it was a big end.

Get a proper mechanic to look at it ASAP. Stop running it and revving it or you could have a rod snap and punch it through the block/stuff the head or both.

I was a mechanic for a long time and stepped up to mechanical engineering and the best advice I can give is call one of those mobile guys to have a quick look, pay your money for their rime and then start getting quotes on the job and you will be glad for the money spent. I still build my own race engines so I'm not at all out of touch. Look in the thread below in my sig if you want to see some of the stuff that goes bad in RBs.

At the risk of being way off track, you haven't stated whether this happens only whilst drivng or when parked and revving as well. The reason I say this is because just after picking up my Stagea after purchase, it developed a knocking sound just like you are describing and I did the stethescope thing nd all sorts of buggering around. Even had a mate take it for a drive with all the console out so I could probe the gearbox and transfer case etc because it was only at very certain revs we could hear it. It actually turned out to be the uni joint on the front driveshaft and I only got it just before it snapped "shudders".

not thrust bearing happens when i press clutch lol guess its big end or cracked piston should find out tonight :ninja: looks liek im gonna haveto geta JUN 2.7 stroker for it ;):thumbsup:

Is it just when you push the clutch in?? Might just be a rattly multiplate clutch, i now many a twin plate are infamous for making the car sound like its gonna fall apart when engaged.

Best of luck mate, i hope not to have to a 'forced' rebuild myself... at least not in the next year or 2.

Might be a little late for my comment, but anyways.

I had a similar problem in my CA18det in my bluebird.

I thought it was a big end, cause it sounded familiar, as I have had a CA18 with stuffed big end before..

Sold the car for cheap as it was, to find out a week later that it was the lightened flywheel coming loose.

Yes I still have my legs luckily. :D

So yeah might be another thing to check...

But good luck anyways.

maka.

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