Guest martin Posted June 14, 2003 Report Posted June 14, 2003 my v6 2.8 galaxy makes a knocking noise when starting and runnning it is difficult to locate from where, all garages have been unhelpful particularly ford who suggest a new eninge @ 4k plus ,any ideas as to the likely problem would be most welcome14/03/03 21:45 many thanks for reply Tonyi have now done a partial stripdown and have found the source to be the big end on no3 any info on new shells /there only appears to be a shell on the con rod and none on the cap unless the cap is replaced at same timeany help would be welcome17/06/03Hi Tonyonly 1 big end appears to be affected cannot establish cause of failure but shell recovered from no3 appears melted in middle crank only has light scoring. there appears to be no seperate shell in end cap,no metal particles were found in the sump will examine the oil drained from engine.have removed 2 other caps and there does appear to be some light wear but not drastic.regards Martin Quote
Guest mrtonywade Posted June 14, 2003 Report Posted June 14, 2003 what sort of knocking noise is it,???? and from where ????? and when is it heard?more on start up??? all the time ??? when warm?????regards tony Quote
Guest mrtonywade Posted June 19, 2003 Report Posted June 19, 2003 still waiting for reply on bearings from my friend, what year and milage is your galaxytony Quote
Guest martin Posted June 19, 2003 Report Posted June 19, 2003 still waiting for reply on bearings from my friend, what year and milage is your galaxytony Hi TonyP reg 1996 approx mileage 63000regards Martin Quote
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