Well my luck with cars continues....
was coming home today from the shop and ran the car up through the gears on a nice open spot. When I let out, the knock detector starts going nuts! There is some crazy knocking/screeching coming from the motor now. I limp it home slowly, but it isn't looking good. Take a listen to it and tell me what you think. I am assumming the worst, bearings, but not everything adds up....
Here it is in Mpeg Audio format, ~160k....
http://www.oldwestracing.com/audio/buicksound.mpa
Here it is in wave format, ~646k, in case the first doesn't work for you....
http://www.oldwestracing.com/audio/buicksound.wav
Here is the details on the car...
http://www.oldwestracing.com/cars/paulc.htm
Oil pressure looks good and the car seems to run smooth. I pulled the belt off just to make sure it wasn't an accessory, though I was pretty sure anyway. I also pulled the tranny dust cover off to check the flywheel/convertor, but didn't see anything obvious. It really sounds like it is coming from the pan, but it is very hard to tell for sure. It is LOUD though!
Anyone got any thoughts or input? Ever heard a bearing sound like that?
I'm pretty upset as I've got one car in the garage tore apart fixing stupid stuff, and a brand new baby that is taking most of my time. This was my daily driver and things just went from bad to worse. It seems like I can't get away from one catastrophe before another one shows up!
Thanks for any ideas/input
was coming home today from the shop and ran the car up through the gears on a nice open spot. When I let out, the knock detector starts going nuts! There is some crazy knocking/screeching coming from the motor now. I limp it home slowly, but it isn't looking good. Take a listen to it and tell me what you think. I am assumming the worst, bearings, but not everything adds up....
Here it is in Mpeg Audio format, ~160k....
http://www.oldwestracing.com/audio/buicksound.mpa
Here it is in wave format, ~646k, in case the first doesn't work for you....
http://www.oldwestracing.com/audio/buicksound.wav
Here is the details on the car...
http://www.oldwestracing.com/cars/paulc.htm
Oil pressure looks good and the car seems to run smooth. I pulled the belt off just to make sure it wasn't an accessory, though I was pretty sure anyway. I also pulled the tranny dust cover off to check the flywheel/convertor, but didn't see anything obvious. It really sounds like it is coming from the pan, but it is very hard to tell for sure. It is LOUD though!
Anyone got any thoughts or input? Ever heard a bearing sound like that?
I'm pretty upset as I've got one car in the garage tore apart fixing stupid stuff, and a brand new baby that is taking most of my time. This was my daily driver and things just went from bad to worse. It seems like I can't get away from one catastrophe before another one shows up!
Thanks for any ideas/input