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Ok, EVERY SX with the SOHC KA in it that I've come accross has a rod knock or a rod sticking out the side of the block. Has anyone here taken the time to rip them apart to see why this is happening?
I'm going in the morning to pickup a 90 hatch with, you guessed it, a rod knock. The engine that's still in my coupe (For the meanwhile it's still there) has a rod knock. This hatch is cheap so I'm getting it and my friend wants the car if I don't so, it's worth picking up. I will rip both engines apart and salvage what I can to get the hatch back on the road as a daily for the meanwhile. I do realize that the SOHC KA is not the mose desireble choice of engine but it will be a temp fix. I hope to get a year out of it if I can get it together without a huge investment. Otherwise the SOHC will be scrap metal for sure and a different powerplant will go in.
I'm going in the morning to pickup a 90 hatch with, you guessed it, a rod knock. The engine that's still in my coupe (For the meanwhile it's still there) has a rod knock. This hatch is cheap so I'm getting it and my friend wants the car if I don't so, it's worth picking up. I will rip both engines apart and salvage what I can to get the hatch back on the road as a daily for the meanwhile. I do realize that the SOHC KA is not the mose desireble choice of engine but it will be a temp fix. I hope to get a year out of it if I can get it together without a huge investment. Otherwise the SOHC will be scrap metal for sure and a different powerplant will go in.