So....been awhile since I posted on this thread. I have used a Purolator pure one filter and now I am on a fresh OEM Toyota filter.
I still get the noise till 1200rpm with the OEM and the awful knock at startup when the engine is warm, although not quite as bad as before and only at startup when warm.
The knock; where is it coming from? Could the chain possibly be making this noise? How bad would it be if it were the rod bearings?
The oil pressure gauge on the cluster is an eighth increment from the bottom, yet at the very minimum of what the owners manual allows for oil pressure. I would like to test what the warm oil pressure is at numerically in psi. Does anyone know what it should be?
Rather than shotgun the issue by installing Enginebldr's oil pump/ timing chain combo and having the knock still be there I need to know why there is a knock. I am almost positive that the place that built the shortblock for this motor before I owned the truck did not statically or dynamically balance the rotating assembly, therefore guaranteed engine rebuild before it has 150k on it. I think my problem is related to inferior build quality, which sucks, but I want to know first. I may start sourcing parts for a shortblock soon so I can start balancing them with a very accurate gram scale and build a bottom end I know is going to last.
