I’m being told my engine is bad

[iamdub]

Somebody send me their broken flexplate. I need it for a project...

 

[Michigan]

I'd ask around to see if I could get leads on a good shop.
The transmission does not need to be dropped if it's a 2 wheel drive.
If it's 4 wheel drive? Your gonna pony up some bucks.

Yeah it’s a 4x4

 

[swathdiver]

Yeah it’s a 4x4

Labor is 7.1 Hours for a Rear Main and 6.8 Hours for a Flex Plate.

Part number listed for mine is 12602448 and full retail is $158.49. Rear main gaskets and seals would add another $55 (list price) in parts.

 

[jeffsyukon]

My truck sounded just like that when the catylitic converter failed. The ceramic internals were rattling around inside the cat. Try hitting the cats with a rubber mallet and listen for a rattling sound.

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[Big Mama]

Same here. Just got done with s thread where the bottom end was suspect then u joints and it turned out being a bad cat. The insides where spinning at low rpms and clogging at higher. Do what Jeff just said. You can do it yourself. Go to each cat with a rubber hammer and hit them. If you hear rattling start there. It just might be the problem now that I think of that echoing sound.

 

[Michigan]

Thanks for that swathdiver

And thanks I will try the what you guys suggest with the catalytic converters

So I parked the truck Wednesday night around 1 am and have not drove since so it sat for about a day and a half and this was a cold start Friday morning. Again sorry it was just a quick video before leaving to work in a different vehicle so I rushed the video

Oddly enough this time when revving up the engine it did not really make the noise but on Wednesday when I showed it to a few people the noise was there every time I revved the engine. I may have to wait till Tuesday till I get it into a shop.

 

[SnowDrifter]

TBH that's normal IF it's the flexplate. The thing is broken. It'll turn and bind and do all sorts of odd stuff.

And I'm surprised I've not seen it mentioned yet, but stop driving the thing! Just asking for trouble IMO

 

[swathdiver]

Thanks for that swathdiver

And thanks I will try the what you guys suggest with the catalytic converters

So I parked the truck Wednesday night around 1 am and have not drove since so it sat for about a day and a half and this was a cold start Friday morning. Again sorry it was just a quick video before leaving to work in a different vehicle so I rushed the video

Oddly enough this time when revving up the engine it did not really make the noise but on Wednesday when I showed it to a few people the noise was there every time I revved the engine. I may have to wait till Tuesday till I get it into a shop.

I've had cats sounds similar to that too come to think of it. Grab a long extension or stick and crawl under the truck with it idling and rattling. Stick the stick in your ear and the other end touch the cats and flywheel cover and you'll know right quick the source of the noise.

 

[Big Mama]

As James brought up too that really sounds like the honeycomb in the cat has come apart. Try his stick test if you don’t have a stethoscope and like Chris said don’t drive it. A new cat isn’t super cheap but a lot better than a lower half. Like your question earlier this can happen all at once as can the flex plate.

 

[PG01]

Thats either in the pan or exhaust, actually sounds like the pickup tube is banging the side of the pan.

And i hear slight lifter tick, its slight but its there.