I'm more of a "at-home" garage mechanic. I've rebuilt older model Chevrolet's and thats about it....
My Toyota (bought for gas consumption) is making a horrible knocking...no so much the fixing to throw a rod knocking just a weird rattle like noise. The engine runs very rough and so is the idling until i get it up to about 2500 rpm's. The timing belt has been replaced about a year ago and it's acting similar to that time but the engine quit when the belt went out and now it's just acting the same just not quiting. Is it a problem with my lifters possibly or is my timing going bad again? I'm looking for the most obvious and hopefully cheapest thing to possibly fix it....please help me!
My Toyota (bought for gas consumption) is making a horrible knocking...no so much the fixing to throw a rod knocking just a weird rattle like noise. The engine runs very rough and so is the idling until i get it up to about 2500 rpm's. The timing belt has been replaced about a year ago and it's acting similar to that time but the engine quit when the belt went out and now it's just acting the same just not quiting. Is it a problem with my lifters possibly or is my timing going bad again? I'm looking for the most obvious and hopefully cheapest thing to possibly fix it....please help me!
Mar 13, 2008 at 9:41 PM