Camry Knocking with video - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Fortified Souls · 07-05-2009, 12:41 PM

Here I am again with a another problem while my parents were coming home the camry developed a knock its a weird knock though ill let u guys here it to see what u think my dad says for sure a rod wants to see the outside world lol but i want a second opinion. Is it time to get a new engine or a little bit more than a simple fix

Its a 2000 camry with about 182,000 miles on it

http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/s...taKnock085.flv

http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/s...taKnock085.flv

http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/s...taKnock085.flv

Fortified Souls · 07-06-2009, 11:16 AM

bump does anyone have an idea on what it could be

carsrus · 07-06-2009, 11:51 AM

I cant really tell from the video, but it could possibly be valve chatter, but that wouldent be as much of a knock sound. It could also be pre detonation/ your engines carboned up.

Fortified Souls · 07-06-2009, 11:57 AM

The engine is misfiring in cylinder 2 as a random misfire and were having a insufficient flow for the egr valve however we had just seafoamed the car a couple of weeks ago so i dont think it would be carbon.

Fortified Souls · 07-06-2009, 01:50 PM

More video

http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/s...t=MOV08564.flv

http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/s...t=MOV08566.flv

carsrus · 07-07-2009, 07:36 AM

Well the random misfire might be the seafoam fouling up on of the plugs.

But yeah, it sounds like rod knock or a valve. Take a stethoscope ( broomstick) and put it around the area you hear the knocking and see if that helps you find if its coming for the top or bottom of the engine.

If it is rod knock, time for a new engine/car. Ive hear about people adding marvel and stuff to their oil to help it, but even if it does quiet down itll technically still be loose.

PortugalFocus · 07-07-2009, 09:54 AM

does it idle smooth or is it rough and bouncy?

Luckynumber5 · 07-07-2009, 11:57 AM

How well has the engine been maintained, the 5s-fe is not known for just randomly eating a bearing. Usually something has been neglected for a catastrophic engine failure to occur.

Take that valve cover off and get some pics posted up.

Fortified Souls · 07-07-2009, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PortugalFocus

does it idle smooth or is it rough and bouncy?

It idles smooth and ill ask my dad about taking the valve cover off again lol we had it off not to long ago and nothing looked out the ordinary. The car is treated good it could be better but it doesnt get treated like crap oil changes every 3 to 5k and so on and so forth.

Deadly Sushi · 07-07-2009, 09:16 PM

How old are your coils, plugs and wires?
I had a similar sound in a 1999 Town Car and I replaced the coil and it ran GREAT!

It doesnt hesitate while driving does it? Bog Down? Do anything odd?

ORRRRRR it could be a fuel injector going crazy.

If none of those Im guessing its rod knock

asphalt victory · 07-07-2009, 09:47 PM

the 5sfe is not indestructable ive blown 2 ...the rod bolts streatch out (week) then the bearings start to move then they wear out and thats the noise fix it asap get new bearings and rod bolts it should be a reasonable fix but hey the car has what 180k? if its running alright otherwise i could be a 300$ fix