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Originally Posted by Sniepster
Early rod knock? Is there even such a thing? If a rod is spun wouldn't the knock be always present?
I'm finding it really hard to believe it's rod knock as the car has had the recall done 20.000 miles ago and has had zero issues. If not a blocked oil passage what else could cause rod knock?
Also the car has had a new short block replacement at around 40k miles, now the odo reading 70k miles.
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It happens. Late in its life, my Eclipse knocked whenever I skipped pre-filling the oil filter after a change. Still ran fine for tens of thousands of miles right to the end.
Come to think of it, @
Opie mentioned something about the timing chain tensioner preload being critical. If not preloaded enough, the chain slaps until it pumps up. I think that's only potentially an issue after a reassembly. Seems like an outside shot but might as well mention it.