never have messed with these engines and dont have allot of time to do it....would rather get it back together and driving really. i have thought about tearing it down.... i also have never built one so i dont have the tools or experince to put it back together right..... but anyone can come over and help

 

Then if it still runs keep driving it.

 

its already out of the car.... it wouldnt last long the way it was knocking.....there was some big pieces of metal in the filter..... think it was bearings

 

well guys i finally got the time to tare into the motor.....heres what i found..... it spun the rod bearing.....

 

help anyone? lol

 

I suggest fixing it.

 

and exactly what do you mean by fixing? sorry new to this kind of stuff.... sorry have to get crank turned?

 

just checked it again the crank is done...theres some groves worn into each side of journal where the rod and cap ride.... so now im up in air on what to do.....lol the gear head in me wants to build a motor but the family man that could use it as a driver wants to just stick a motor from the junk yard in it........ if i did decide to build it what are my options......as far as using this block and things i can do to make internals stronger or using different block etc.....if i would build it i would like to do it on the cheap....i would like to super charge it since that seems to be the easier of the two forced inductions choices...but then again just throwing in a motor and tooling around is so much cheaper hahahaha

 

also if i did say take motor out of a ss and say its the 2.0 sc.......would i just take the under hood wire harness and computer then thats it drop it in? well get it reflashed obviously.if i was to do this will my tranny work with it and the motor mounts etc?

 

That swap would be expensive. Better off building it. The stock motor can handle a mild sc by the way

 

you can have the crank machined as long as the scratches arent too deep. youll just need to account for the change. itll be cheaper than a rebuild. youre going about it the long way. i got a new motor because i threw a rod through the bottom of the engine and bent the **** outta the oil pickup in the pan. you dont need an l61. i got my motor out of an 08 hhr.

 

It didn't make a difference between vvt and non vvt?

 

i kept the top end from my motor. i only needed the bottom. the 50$ motor didnt come with any valvetrain. i just bought another head for 80$.

 

Ah that makes sense then

 

runs great. mpg sucks compared to the old motor, dunno what the issue is. but when i say sucks i mean 32 vs 37 so its still pretty good. but def more power and smoother running. my old motor was pretty noisy since i ran it low on oil frequently. i do have thicker oil in it right now that i used just to break it in. about to change it to whats supposed to be in it so i might get 1-2mpg better. then ive got 150lbs of old heads and oil pans and such in the back so maybe another 1 from that. if i can get back up to 35 ill be happy. i used to get 40-42mpg when i did light hypermiling on the old motor.

 

the gouges i mentioned earlier are deep.....im sure to deep to get it going right.... so im sure the crank itself is done.....now..im not sure how the cylinders are.....now remember when there was no oil on dipstick when it was checked....soo who knows how bad the damage is there....so i can get any year 2.2 just use my current head????

 

si senor. i bought mine from a company i had heard of before and they got it to me quickly and honored the 51$ i bid for it. was 380 shipping which from pennslyvania to tx was reasonable for me on an engine. but then a few weeks afterwards they sent a letter to my friends house demanding another 180$ on shipping because they say they didnt tell me the right amount. i promptly told them to **** off cause im pretty sure asking for more money outside ebay motors is a serious nono.

 

This thread is a wreck and think it gave me cancer.

Find a engine from something else and swap it in. You don't sound like you know enough or have the money to build an engine.

 

took me less than a thousand to put a new motor in my car with a new clutch. if you got cancer its a good thing canada has wonderful healthcare then eh?

 

then why dont you just GTFO.of the thread then....nobody asked you......and as far im concerned i know quite a bit about cars.... been working on them since i can remember. just never have messed with internals of a engine. as far as money goes yeah maybe i dont have enough to drop in it cause i dont live with my mommy..... im a grown as man with a family to take care of (insert wife and two kids here)

 

i take it i can get one out of sunfire but what years? 02-04?