if one of the bearings goes out on a piston arm should replace it or get a new engine?

Question

my engine is making a ticking noise, a new engine is about 600 bucks and i plan to sell the car anyway, is it worth it, its a pontiac firebird

Answer 1

not really worth it, unless it's a newer car (like less than 10 years old). It's gonna seriously drop the price someone will pay for it though (unless its a private sale & they know nothing about cars)...

Answer 2

First question to you is what engine is in the Pontiac firebird? If its the 3.4 liter V6 and is a newer firebird its probably the lifters ticking due to coolant entering the engine caused by intake manifold gasket leaks. Most of the time a main bearing or a connecting rod bearing goes bad you will get a knocking noise from the lower end mostly on revs. You must also remember that when the bearings go bad in the lower end it scares up the crank so the crank would also have to either be replaced or turned if still enough to machine off of the crank. But the first thing i would do before you go tearing down the lower end is make sure that the noise isn't coming from the lifters first. Cause if the noise is coming from the lifters you could possibly get away with just putting intake gaskets on it and doing a very good oil change on it. But if alot of coolant is examined inside of the engine you may want to replace it.

Answer 3

well it depend on how old it is. but it would be smart to just replace the engine unless you know someone that can rebuild it for you or you your self will do it. because if you replace one bearing you need to replace the rest to and there is a reason why it happened. so unless you know the cause it could be some thing small or it could be big. and then u will have to fix that so unless you know the cause. and being a fire bird i don't know what year but keeping the same engine is big in some models you know matching numbers so based on the year, how is doing the work and knowing the cause, that will give you the answer. email me if you have any more questions.

Answer 4

yes keep the car and replace the rod bearing

Answer 5

Are you sure it's not just a bad spring? It would be cheaper to fix that than a piston.