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Originally Posted by Brewtal66
Backstory: my buddies truck needed the engine rebuilt. We pulled it, stripped it to a long block and the engine shop did their thing. The engine runs great, but has developed a knock. We took the truck back to the machine shop and they looked it over and said that it's either the flex plate(bent) or the torque converter.
Does that seem right? Would a torque converter or flex plate knock like a rod bearing? I'm racking my brain trying to figure out how a possibly bent flex plate or bad torque converter could cause a knocking sound. Mind you, the transmission works flawlessly too, so I'm thinking if it is was he's suggesting, it would have to be a bent flex plate.
Thoughts/ideas?
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Does it knock all the time? In gear/out? Worse at certain times or rpms? Yes a cracked or loose flexplate can sound like a rod knock.
Does he have a mechanical oil pressure gauge? One quick test that points to a rod bearing issue is to snap the throttle open quickly and watch the gauge; if the oil pressure dips for a split second and then goes up it leans towards a bad rod bearing(s).