End of my Sr20?

FuknPknBro · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:33 am Post subject: End of my Sr20?

Hey All,

Did an oil service yesterday and found specs of copper in the oil pan when i was draining it out (not heaps but noticable around the edges of the pan, does this mark the end of my bottom end bearings?

in the past few months there was a timing chain rattle on start up noisy but not extremely noisy, after a few mins of warming up the rattle goes away or when i put it in gear you hear a crunch noise and the rattle is gone, there isnt any knocking noises or sounds when im driving or on idle, the PFC hand controller shows knock levels 6-8 at the most
the car feels and drives normal for now, but i wanted to know is the end for my sr20 about to happen?

DumHed · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:09 pm Post subject:

pretty likely that there's a bearing on the way out.

If you catch it before it gets too bad it's a lot cheaper to fix.
You can get the oil analysed to tell you for sure, which might be a good idea.

How many K's on the engine?
Has it ever been run with low oil pressure (oil filter popped off, etc)?