I definitely do not have a rod knock and compression is good, so no blown head gasket either. What screwed my engine up was the bad injectors I bought of ebay. All 4 were bad. It made it run really bad, shot oil out of the loosened oil filter (from the engine rocking) and blew white smoke out my exhaust...making me think the head gasket was blown when the car died at a light.
I took it in for a diagnostic...the guy said most likely cylinder slap but also could be a wrist pin.
Are there any oils that you guys can recommend to help my ka live a while? The mechanic suggested slick 50, sounded like a good idea to me. Or a good high molybdenum oil, like red line oil.
He seemed to think I could run this engine for a while with no problems. Anyone have catastrophic failures on their ka's with these problems?
I was thinking (fantasizing?)of going ka (rebuilt)turbo, collecting components when a good deal pops up. Guess I will get piston rings, connecting rods, and pins first.
Should take me 10 years to get it together. Gotta poker night coming up next weekend..maybe get cash for it. With my luck lately I will probly lose my beer money too.
I took it in for a diagnostic...the guy said most likely cylinder slap but also could be a wrist pin.
Are there any oils that you guys can recommend to help my ka live a while? The mechanic suggested slick 50, sounded like a good idea to me. Or a good high molybdenum oil, like red line oil.
He seemed to think I could run this engine for a while with no problems. Anyone have catastrophic failures on their ka's with these problems?
I was thinking (fantasizing?)of going ka (rebuilt)turbo, collecting components when a good deal pops up. Guess I will get piston rings, connecting rods, and pins first.
Should take me 10 years to get it together. Gotta poker night coming up next weekend..maybe get cash for it. With my luck lately I will probly lose my beer money too.