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2ndGenCamry · 02-21-2003, 11:44 PM

Hey!!!! I am hopeing someone can help with my problem. I got my engine replaced a few months again and it seems like every time i push on the gas my engine moves horriblely and makes a clanking noise. I am not sure what it is but i know it can't be good and it's annoying as piss. If u have anyideas what the problem could be plaz post something i need to get my car running in full force.

crazy_camry · 02-22-2003, 05:58 AM

perhaps the engine was not mounted correctly and so is able to rock around excessively when under load?

2ndGenCamry · 02-22-2003, 10:25 AM

is there anything i can do to fix it myself? or should i take it back to the shop?

crazy_camry · 02-23-2003, 01:07 AM

take the car back to where you had the engine replaced and discuss the problem with them as probably they have done something wrong. i don't know of anything you can do to fix the problem, especially since you don't know exactly what the cause of it is.

brink · 02-23-2003, 09:49 AM

If it is something they did wrong like not mounting it correctly, have them also check for stress fractures as well. I have a friend who had some engine work done on his S4 only to discover when he got it back that on hard acceleration, his hood would bump up. Couldn't figure it out until he looked underneath and saw they'd forgotten to put in a couple bolts on the engine mount. He could actually climb underneath and lift up the engine. The constant vibration and bouncing on the mount ended up cracking a couple of the L-shaped mounting pieces.

Or it could be something benign like a socket wrench still stuck on a bolt or something... you know, kind of like doctors leaving a scalpel in their patient

dscodone · 02-24-2003, 04:21 PM

is the check engine light on?