Ran smoother than ever yesterday, although it seemed to be a little short on power, but it's a very temper mental engine, so i didn't think much of it.
Today I had to start it 8 times before i could get it to pull out of the driveway. It just wouldn't stay running, no matter how much gas I gave it, although I wasn't purposely trying to rev it cold.
It has very, very little power driving down the road, runs EXTREMELY rough, it has a loud, deep thud sound on every engine rotation. with revving, the thudding sound gets faster, but doesn't seem to dissipate as other problems I've had in the past.
My oil's a few months old, clean as a whistle, and dead-on full, and my car has never even gotten hot.
Called my uncle and described it to him as best I could, and held the phone up to the engine. He thinks it's a thrown rod, he's going to try and come out asap and take a look at it with me.
It's had a lifter noise since I bought it, but I've been watching the oil like a hawk, and just replaced my busted temp gauge with an NOS one i had sitting in the box, but even the old gauge showed me it wasn't overheating. How could a rod be thrown under good care?
Any ideas what else it might be? I suspect I have an exhaust leak at the doughnut between the exhaust manifold and the exhaust pipes, but I don't think that would cause such problems as this one.
Thanks for your help, and I hope to god it isn't a rod. The engine was rebuilt by PO only a few years back, although I suppose that if i have to rebuild it myself, I'll learn a few things and i'll know it's done right in the end.
Any input?
Thanks
-Matt
Today I had to start it 8 times before i could get it to pull out of the driveway. It just wouldn't stay running, no matter how much gas I gave it, although I wasn't purposely trying to rev it cold.
It has very, very little power driving down the road, runs EXTREMELY rough, it has a loud, deep thud sound on every engine rotation. with revving, the thudding sound gets faster, but doesn't seem to dissipate as other problems I've had in the past.
My oil's a few months old, clean as a whistle, and dead-on full, and my car has never even gotten hot.
Called my uncle and described it to him as best I could, and held the phone up to the engine. He thinks it's a thrown rod, he's going to try and come out asap and take a look at it with me.
It's had a lifter noise since I bought it, but I've been watching the oil like a hawk, and just replaced my busted temp gauge with an NOS one i had sitting in the box, but even the old gauge showed me it wasn't overheating. How could a rod be thrown under good care?
Any ideas what else it might be? I suspect I have an exhaust leak at the doughnut between the exhaust manifold and the exhaust pipes, but I don't think that would cause such problems as this one.
Thanks for your help, and I hope to god it isn't a rod. The engine was rebuilt by PO only a few years back, although I suppose that if i have to rebuild it myself, I'll learn a few things and i'll know it's done right in the end.
Any input?
Thanks
-Matt