rockfangd Posted June 23, 2009 Report Posted June 23, 2009 HI everyone i have a 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue 3.5l It has 129000 miles and an aweful top end noise. If you rev it up it sounds a little better but as the rpms settle it sounds like there is something bouncing around inside I might also add that there is blue smoke coming from the exhaust and the oil is about .5 quart low. The low oil pressure light does not flicker or come on other than on the test cycle when you turn the key on. I wish i knew how to post a video of how it sounds because i am not sure if this is fixable or no good. It still has alot of power Quote
89SupremeCutty Posted June 23, 2009 Report Posted June 23, 2009 the blue smoke sounds like bad valve guides or bad rings. Quote
IRONDOG442 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Posted June 23, 2009 I am betting you have a broken valve spring. Also sometimes a spun rod bearing can sound like its coming from the top end of these motors! Quote
mrl390 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Posted June 23, 2009 If it were a spun rod bearing the sound would get worse when he revved it. He said it gets better. Not a rod bearing. Quote
rockfangd Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Posted June 24, 2009 Does anyone know how to transfer a video from a lg decoy onto photobucket or even a computer. I took out my micro SD card and pulled up my music and pics but i cannot play the videos Damn techology shit Ok so i kind of figured out why it doesnt work. The files are 3G2 and a player or convertor is needed to play the files. They want like 30.00 lol. I will try something else tomorrow Quote
rockfangd Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Posted June 25, 2009 I am betting you have a broken valve spring. can this be repaired without alot of work, also would this cause the engine to burn oil and blow blue smoke? Quote
IRONDOG442 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Posted June 25, 2009 depends on which spring is broken, you will need a valve retaining tool (or a compression checking fitting hooked up to an air compressor and a valve spring compressor specifically for the LX-5, if its the middle one you can use a flat blade screw driver under the casting for the coil pack ground to compress the spring. Quote
Crazy K Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 I've used the nylon rope trick... where you feed some into the plug hole and then manually turn the engine to move the piston up to press the rope against the bottom of the valves... Quote
IRONDOG442 Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 thats impossible with this engine the spark plug hole to acces the combustion chamber is like 12 inches below the top of the valve cover Quote
rockfangd Posted June 26, 2009 Author Report Posted June 26, 2009 depends on which spring is broken, you will need a valve retaining tool (or a compression checking fitting hooked up to an air compressor and a valve spring compressor specifically for the LX-5, if its the middle one you can use a flat blade screw driver under the casting for the coil pack ground to compress the spring. would this be easily noticeable with the valve cover removed? Quote
W30post Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 Have you looked at all the accessories? I had a bearing go bad in the AC clutch pulley and it did something similar. The belt tensioner was stuck so the AC bearing took up the bouncing belt. Quote
rockfangd Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Posted June 28, 2009 no ufortunately this is internal, I had 2000 GA 3400HO this year that sounded like the top end was going but it turned out to be that the waterpump broke Can anyone tell me if the WP is drivebelt driven or not on this 3.5? Quote
IRONDOG442 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 Yeah it is driven by the drive belt! Quote
rockfangd Posted September 18, 2009 Author Report Posted September 18, 2009 well it is fixed by replacement of the engine Quote
IRONDOG442 Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Yeah another LX5 swapper on the board!!! How did you like that backwards bellhousing bolt? Quote
rockfangd Posted September 19, 2009 Author Report Posted September 19, 2009 lol it was really easy, we let someone else do it. The 6.5L turbo diesel has a backwards bellhousing bolt that is a Huge PITA so one could only imagine Quote
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