have you ever heard a 22re rod knock before this?at around 15 sec. it sounds just like my old 22re which had the 1st and 2nd rod bearings toasted, it would idle fine but then once the throttle was applied and between that and 2500 rpms under load it would make that sound,kinda sounded like a wood pecker tapping on the side of the motor.........
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Up until now my only experience with rod knock was on straight 6's, V6's and V8's, none of which sounded as high pitched as the sound the 22re was making. After finding nothing at all wrong with the head/cam/valves, nor anything with pulleys or water pump, I dropped the pan and sure enough, the #1 and #2 rod ends were movable up and down/back and forth. I thought I was lucky, the crank mic'd just barely within specs, so I picked up a set of stock bearings, but after installing them #1 rod still had a slight amount of play in it. I considered just running 20/50 weight oil, but since it was already half torn down, so I figured I might as well and pull it, and rebuild the bottom end to go with the rebuilt head.
