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MIKE DAVIS
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anyone have experience with a loud,heavy,knock. Sounds like it's coming from the bottom end. Not a double-knock like a con-rod.Oil pressure light not on. Seems to run fine otherwise.

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Not a good noise :-(
Could be a bent rod with the piston skirt hitting the crank.
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the odd thing is that it ran just fine on an outing. Then I parked it and when I started it back up it was making this noise. I hadn't ridden it hard at all maybe 6000rpm on the first outing.

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I'm putting an MTC balanced crank and rod setup in it since I have to tear it down anyway. Just wondering?

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Re: engine knock

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If i had an MTC crank and rod set-up on the shelf i would be hearing non-existent engine noises.
Please report back when you do get into the engine.

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steve murdoch icoa #5322 wrote:If i had an MTC crank and rod set-up on the shelf i would be hearing non-existent engine noises.
Please report back when you do get into the engine.

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Re: engine knock

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That's how many hydro locks happen. Did you turn off your gas when you parked it? Remove 1 & 6 plugs and measure distance to each piston. Bent rod will show up very obviously.

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