Effed Engine

[Nate's Alero]

that "knock" you hear is the lifters... not rod/main knock...

these engines are bulletproof, that is my opinion, but i beat the living hell out of mine, with 167K miles, and a bad life, still strong.. before i got it, i don't think it ever had an oil change... and had like a gallon of coolant in the crankcase... so i think the engines are built pretty goddamn good

[Redog]

If it sounds that bad, just replace the engine, but build it a little bit first

[JLw7123]

ya my lifters make a knocking sound but my 3400 has 129,000