Two of these are not like the others

[Ramage]

cylinder 5 bearings did not come off with the caps they were somewhat stuck on the crank. Car had some start up rattle for a few weeks. On Thursday May 29th I noticed what I thought was rod knock. Since I had already purchased all the parts to do my Rod Bearings I started the Job this morning. The good news is somehow the crank is fine.

Car has 135000km / 83000 miles.

[BL92]

Lucky Man ! Good find !!
Sorry for the questions

What year engine ?
Did you disassemble the oil pump and replace the piston?
What are the oil change intervals ?
Did you pump oil through the crank to see if the number 5 oil feed is blocked ?

[Ramage]

BL92

Yeah, I was very lucky to catch it before it caused major damage, after I took the bearing off the #5 cylinder I was shocked the crankshaft journal was not damaged.

What year engine ?

2004 08/04 Build date

Did you disassemble the oil pump and replace the piston?

I did not disassemble to oil pump, in fact I left it attached and worked around it, I am now hoping I am not going to regret not pulling the oil pump out and inspecting it.

What are the oil change intervals ?

I have owned the car since 2012 and it had 87000KM on the clock when I bought it. The car had obviously been abused so I got it for $15K Canadian (was a former California car) with the intention of fixing it and selling it on for a better example. After I started working on the car I decided I was going to keep it and just fix it up. The number of screws I am still finding missing is simply mind boggling, all that is to say I think it had a rough life early on and when I rebuilt the vanos the caramelization of the engine confirmed that. Under my owner ship the oil is changed once a year or every 5000KM.

Did you pump oil through the crank to see if the number 5 oil feed is blocked ?

I did spray a ton of brake cleaner through the oiler on cylinder #2 while I had #5 removed and the oiler on #5 was flowing "fine". Being honest I did not even think about where all the sacrificial material went from #5 until I read your post. So again I am hoping I do not end up regretting that.


The car is all back together and running good without any noise. Going to pull the oil out in 1000KM (if I do not hear anything before that) and have it tested.