So,


I got a 4.6l Romeo making the awful tick/knock sound, sounds more like a knock. Anyways, I pulled the rh cam/valve cover off to have a look. I know the engine is old and worn so I wasn't expecting much but what I found has stopped me dead in my tracks. After I pulled the rear caps from the cam I found serious wear, as seen above in giant pictures . So, swap heads out, motor maybe, Captain Obvious. I need to get out cheap for now till I find another motor to rebuild and install. What r you thoughts on this? What would Jesus do?

 

run low on oil?

 

This truck is a recent buy. The oil was clean when I pulled the dip and it was marking full.

 

yep... loss of oil pressure. Low or bad pump.

 

So... after checking the lower half of the engine my fears were confirmed, bad rod bearings. I suspect this was a result of using the wrong viscosity oil driving under harsh conditions/heavy load. My solution was a new to me junkyard engine pulled from a police interceptor, that ran 500.00. Junkyard mechanic installed for another 500.00
For that price I didn't complain, I charge double that price anyway. I checked the work up and down once I got home and the old guy did a pretty good job.
GOOOOOD Karma to you OLD GUY! and he doesn't even know hehe.