Knocking sound post recall, now i am told my motor needs to be replaced
 

Hi all, i hope someone can assist. I’ve been hearing a knocking sound and I took my car in for a service. I mentioned the noise, they’ve investigated, and said that I need to replace my motor. I don’t have the details as yet, but I find this very concerning especially also after the recall was done. There is no way I can fork out cash to replace my motor. Any advice please???

Sux but it's true. My car has been sitting in the driveway since August when the motor grenaded due to the recall work.

should have sold it.. i sold mine almost immediately after my recall cos the motor was sounding weird

This is a common scenario. They screwed up and got sealant in the engine when replacing the timing cover and the sealant clogged the oil passages and starved the rod bearings of oil and they are now toast. They ruined my car also. I had a good race shop build an incredible new motor and now have confidence.

What dealer was it? It's good to let people know who NOT to go to. It was Irvine Toyota that ruined mine.

How long after the work was done?

Ok, this is twice that I read you advising this. I hope like hell that your sale included a full disclosure.

The sealant issues are not from the new sealant they put on whenre-assembling the engine, its from the sealant debris that falls into the oil pan when removing the old sealant and isn't cleaned properly.

A secondary issue is techs not shimming and adjusting the valves properly that causes excess noise that is sometimes misdiagnosed as rod knock.

For those of you with noisey/failed engines who want to get rid of the car (In the U.S.) PM me.

sold it to carvana.. they test drove it, said it was good and paid me $15k :)

Admittedly, it's not my place to judge. Leaves a knot in my stomach. :(

they made $3k selling my car, but i feel bad for whomever bought it... u'll prob see a thread from a noob soon asking for reasons why his/her motor blew.. he/she should have done his DD before buying a 2013 with a recall performed on it.. hey, it's a cutthroat world out there

Carvana's problem now. The buyer will hold THEM accountable. They'll need to fix it or have to endure the internet shaming wrath which won't be in their best interest.

The world being cutthroat and you being scum are completely different issues. Good thing I'm not Santa

carvana prob has some limited warranty on all the cars they sell

lol u mad bro?

i sold it to carvana as is.. they sent over an "expert" to check out the car and he approved the sale... if they ran a carfax, they would see that the recall was done... why would i be a scum if they had all these data points in front of them? And TBH, the only info they asked for when selling the car are year, model, mileage and condition... 4 drop downs... again, i fail to see how i am a scum lol

I get it. Hell, if that's their business model... At least it's not selling to an uninformed private party. This whole recall thing sickens me. I knew it was going to be a shit show the minute I had heard about it. Moreover, that it was a totally unnecessary one. So sad.