The luck continues

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:13 pm

Just blew the motor in the RS. I can hear wicked bad rod knock. Time to think about what to do. I'll keep you posted. I'd say more but right now I'm just pretty

So I now have TWO cars that are useless to me. Guess I'll keep you updated on how the rebuild goes now.

Post by **complacent** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:07 pm

holy crap!

that absolutely blows man!

Post by **Sabre** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:28 pm

Ack! How did it happen? Sorry to hear man

Guess it's time to do a swap!

snaab · Post by **snaab** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:51 pm

That is some awful luck, indeed. I'm wafting some good car vibes your way. Don't inhale.

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:27 am

Wow, that sounds like one angry engine. Hope it isn't as bad as it sounds.
Did you do anythign to it to make it mad?

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:48 am

Brain-daves reenactment of when he sat down in his car in the garage and turned the key today.

BRRRZZZZ KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACK

zaxrex wrote:Did you do anythign to it to make it mad?

I'm sure I did. Motors generally don't do just do this unless provoked. I'm fairly certain I only have myself to blame.

It's not like I haven't been expecting it. It's no secret that I drive cars very hard and the RS has had some serious hard driving in it's life. Between the crazed RallyX driving and the countless winding back-road miles I knew it'd probably happen sooner or later. It's just damned inconvenient at the moment. It will be fixed. But it just adds one more headache to the list and one more thing I need to work into the solution.

WRXWagon2112 · Post by **WRXWagon2112** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:57 am

Wow! Sorry to hear about that. Good thoughts coming your way ...

--Alan

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:42 am

you really do have the worst luck ever. bummer.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:41 pm

I checked the oil level and it's a bit low. I'm going to put some more in to see if perhaps this is just valve tap. On these 05 RS's if the oil starts to get low a sound similar to rod knock can occur from the hydraulic valve lifters or something around there or so I've heard. (I'm no tech so take my explanations with a grain of salt). Anyways I'm just surprised because rod knock usually isn't a instantaneous thing. It's progressive AND you generally don't spin bearings just turning the car on.

That being said. It REALLY does sound like rod knock though.

And it doesn't explain where all my oil went. I'm almost certain I checked it not too long ago and it was ok.

*crosses fingers and waits for 5W30 to arrive*

schvin · Post by **schvin** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:56 pm

that sucks!

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:22 pm

I would check for a headless bloody chicken hanging by a rope around/near your house...and check under your bed for some strange drawings in blood.

Sorry to hear...that sucks.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:49 pm

I just hope there is something REALLY good coming down the line to offset this recent string of horrible luck.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:10 am

big-titty swedish gymnasts and rivers made of sweet libations await you in the next life.

Post by **ElZorro** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:21 am

chicken n waffles wrote:big-titty swedish gymnasts and rivers made of sweet libations await you in the next life.

And if his luck continues the womenz and rivers will be infested with alligators.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:08 pm

ElZorro wrote:And if his luck continues the womenz ... will be infested with alligators.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:39 pm

yeah. not quite sure what tangent he's going on with that.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:03 pm

I followed what he meant. It's all good.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:43 pm

one of the briefings Tuesday was about using GIS to do an alligator survey at one of the bases, so alligators were a hot topic last week.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:29 pm

Well I said screw it and bought this

Putting it in tomorrow.

Post by **Sabre** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:12 pm

good luck! Should be pretty easy/quick since it's a long block!

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:10 pm

Yep I didn't even realize I was buying a turnkey motor when I went to go pick it up. It's in pretty damn good shape! 30k less miles than the one I have in the car right now and it's warrantied for 90 days from the seller in case of any mechanical problems. $1k for the whole package. Not a bad deal considering I can rebuild the motor that's in the car right now and sell that for a couple hundred later on.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:06 pm

Well the install was HALF finished. Too many cooks in the kitchen....

snaab · Post by **snaab** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:00 am

Is that your personal Subaru graveyard? Just kidding! Better too much help than too little!

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:46 pm

What kind of intake manifold is that? I have not seen it before...

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