Drop in oil pressure and ticking. HELP!!

[msp14]

Built motor with forged goodies $4-5K ish including parts and machining, and that's pulling the motor out yourself and putting it back in.

5-8k +

You motor won't last long with a spun bearing

Wow you guys weren't kidding when you said its expensive to do this lol. I'd imagine that something in the engine is out of line by now because it's been ticking for a whole now and it's just wetting worse and worse. This is the only vehicle I haw at the moment to or I'd park it and drive something else. I really don't know what to do right now, if I had the money I'd go forged and rebuild the motor right now that way I know everything gets fixed, but if I want to do that it will prolly be spring time before I have that kind of money

 

[tweety2300]

Go buy a junkyard motor to run till spring and build the one you have now. That way you can pull it apart to asses the damage and what you will need. If its had a spun bearing for a year you'll probly need a crank as well

 

[msp14]

Go buy a junkyard motor to run till spring and build the one you have now. That way you can pull it apart to asses the damage and what you will need. If its had a spun bearing for a year you'll probly need a crank as well

That actually sounds like a good plan, now all I need to do is find a motor in the junk yard that will work. Looks like I've got some searching to do

 

[tweety2300]

Any 01-03 2.0 protege and the 2.0 in the 626 will work but you will have to swap cam gears and the crank pulley I think crank position sensors on the 626 motor, and the main bearing support plate between the oil pan and block Will have to be swapped on any motor not out of an msp

 

[msp14]

Any 01-03 2.0 protege and the 2.0 in the 626 will work but you will have to swap cam gears and the crank pulley I think crank position sensors on the 626 motor, and the main bearing support plate between the oil pan and block Will have to be swapped on any motor not out of an msp

So if I find a 01-03 protege it's just a direct swap besides the main bearing support plate? I figured rods and pistons should be swapped to

 

[tweety2300]

No they're all exactly the same even the 626 motor. Except some of the 626 motors won't have a forged crank but that doesn't matter since it only needs to last 6 months

 

[msp14]

Sweet, I'll have to save up a little bit of cash and go check the local junk yards for a motor, I def like this idea better that way I'm not forced to forge my motor and I can take my time with it

 

[Jasonjames]

When a rod-bearing "spins", THE SOFT babbit inner lining is actually stuck [melted] onto the crank bigend journal,...then the outer steel part of the shells turn in the rod's hole. This is then steel on steel and complete failure is only a short time away. Minutes rather than months

JJ