oemoilleaks
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- Mar 26, 2017
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A few months ago I had finally finished my initial breakin of my big bore b20. There were (and still are) around 1200 miles on the engine when the events below occurred.
I drove it to Palm Springs, ready to start a road rally the next day. But when I went to warm up the car in the morning I heard a weird clank/knock/clunk noise happening intermittently.
I put a stethoscope to various parts of the engine while it was running and the best I could tell it was loudest at the oil pan. I figured the oil pan baffle I had bolted in maybe came loose and was knocking against the oil pump.I figure that until I took the engine out today and the pan baffle plate and baffles were still bolted down tight.
I don't know what could even cause a noise that audible in such an intermittent fashion. I want to check as much as possible while the engine in on the stand again, but I have no idea what to even check at this point. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
OIL PAN BAFFLE FOR REFERENCE:
I drove it to Palm Springs, ready to start a road rally the next day. But when I went to warm up the car in the morning I heard a weird clank/knock/clunk noise happening intermittently.
I put a stethoscope to various parts of the engine while it was running and the best I could tell it was loudest at the oil pan. I figured the oil pan baffle I had bolted in maybe came loose and was knocking against the oil pump.I figure that until I took the engine out today and the pan baffle plate and baffles were still bolted down tight.
I don't know what could even cause a noise that audible in such an intermittent fashion. I want to check as much as possible while the engine in on the stand again, but I have no idea what to even check at this point. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
OIL PAN BAFFLE FOR REFERENCE: