I've got an 06 Pontiac Pursuit I've been working on. Bought it in non-running condition, guy said that the head gasket blew (doubt that now!) then he got it towed home but the tow truck busted the oil pan. Anyways I got a new pan installed, put in some new oil & filter. I did notice some tiny metal pieces in the old oil filter. Started it up. Engine ran rough for a bit, then smoothed out really nice and sounded completely normal. Then it started to sound like this:


Some members of EDT thought it might be the oil pump, so I took off the engine front cover. I did notice that lots of oil poured out of the RH (smaller) port to the oil pump (at least compared to the last 2.2 cover I took off). Anyways here is a picture of the oil pump...looks more or less ok to me, don't really know what to look for!

Someone else thinks it could be a spun rod bearing.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

sorry bud but you need a rebuild or new engine. Go to the local wreck yard and find ones that been rear ended and bye the engine. good luck

 

So you're thinking bottom end? I'm going to fix the engine if possible. What work can be done with the engine in the vehicle?

 

with a lift you can do anything but removing it and putting it on an engine stand is ideal. rebuilding isn't easy and knowledge is going to have a big part in rebuilding and knowing what caused the failure as to just fixing what is broken.

 

Yeah right, that guy was driving it when he destroyed the oil pan and probably didn't pull over until it was too late. Find him and kick his ass for ripping you off.