huge banging sound in my engine...had it towed home...

[Eyerish]

I was driving my 40 at around 65-70 on 93 tonight and out of the blue, it started a rally loud knock....I kept driving and finally exited. it sounded like I was ruining everything under the hood, so I pulled over and called a tow truck. I couldn't see much as it was dark, but it scares the hell out of me. It ran like a top and then bam! The Medford cop said it sounded like a rod? no smoke or anything...just a loud noise and a loss of power.

Im curious about how much this will cost me....

 

[green40]

Cost? Depends on how much of the work you do yourself I would guess. If it were me I'd pull the oil pan off
and take a look from underneath. A broken rod or wrist pin should leave some parts in the pan. Go from there.

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

Did you email the guy in RI?

 

[Eyerish]

Yes I did.

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

Yes I did.

Did you get it?

 

[Eyerish]

I'm working on it, but have no vehicle to go retrieve it. So after the 40 bit the dust....my Suburban has some issue and won't start now. This all follows my wife's ford escape that has also required a bunch of work...which forced me to DD the 40 in the first place. 3 cars...none of them work! The good news is that we just took a 2011 trail teams fj cruiser in trade, with 86k miles on it. I'm buying that for the wife and hoping the Suburban is something simple. I wish I had the space to really work on the 40...Id love to learn how to do this stuff.

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

Who in RI can go grab a free 2F for Eyerish? The guy is going to scrap it.

 

[vfrer]

Been away from the board for a while... just saw this, not sure if it is OBE but if you still need a hand let me know.

Eric

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

Bump...

Any update here?

 

[Eyerish]

Bump...

Any update here?

I have been way to busy and not a lot of funds. No movement on this yet. The guy I bought it from in Stoddard, NH wants me to tow it up there to work on it. I haven't had anyone look at it yet to clarify what exactly is wrong with it.