I just finished finally finishing all minor problems and hosing and **** and i just got my car started... at first i could breathe and say finally. but now im pissed as hell because the motor sounds like its blown. I hear a pinging sound on cylinder one well its a knocking sound its not as bad as wen i blew my b7 but lets just say its bad enough for people to turn around wen u drive around the block. How can i diagnose what causing the knocking to do it. I just finish swapping this motor in So Ill intend on keeping it and fix w.e the hell this knocking noise is. If i take it to a local shop HOW much would the parts/labor be together more or less .

 

my friend was in a similar situation, his swapped c5 had a spun bearing that the seller didnt tell us about. Cost him about 1.5K to get it fixed along with some other minor stuff. Good luck

 

mines didnt spin a bearing seems like a bad rod or bent rod how much am i looking to spend ?

 

wow that sucks man, make sure your timing is ok, if it is.... you may want to start looking for another engine

Edit: To awnser your question, I think its going to be hard to tell weather or not its a spun rod bearing or a bad wrist pin... Thats what I thought was my problem but when I took all of it apart it turned out to be a spun rod bearing.

If its a D series engine, you'd probably be better off buying another one rather than tring to fix it, I think most of the people here would agree with me.

 

I spent about two weeks swapping this motor off i just bought it for 300 off a local honda-tech member..i dont think its worth it me having to buy another engine ill just build the bottom i guess my friend and i are gonna take it apart ..hes a mechanic so i trust his work and we will see what the problem is but i think im gonna buy eagle rods if it is the rod i guess i can build for boost? Is that a times waste if i wanna boost to keep this engine rebuild the internal?