does any one know what it cost to fix a spun rod bearing in a 6.0.
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does any one know what it cost to fix a spun rod bearing in a 6.0.
Are you doing the work or are you paying someone to do it? Is the engine in or out of the vehicle? Is it 2wd or 4wd?
me and some budies r gonna do it. why?
You asked how much it was going to cost, didn't know if you wanted to know how much it was going to cost to pay to have someone do it or if your were going to do it. You'll probably need a reground or new crank, bearings, a new rod for any that were knocking and a new oil pump. If you were paying someone to do it you would have to pay labor to tear the engine out of the truck to do the work or pull it apart while still in the truck. You have to pull the intake, heads, transmission, front and rear covers, oil pan, windage tray, oil pickup tube, cam chain, oil pump, all main caps, unbolts all rod caps and keep them in matched sets, any bearings that are spun or ruined in the engine - the rod needs removed and checked for out of round and replaced if not true. Its a lot of work. For the money I'd see if I could find a good block to swap instead. If you do it yourself and are competant you can probably get it done for about $400. If you paid someone, about $1200 I would guess.
Its out of the truck, Im buying the motor from a friend and its a 2wd, I have a v6 in my truck now.
He only wants $200 for it.
There are too many good engines out there. I'd pass on it if I were you. :twocents:
You really don't know how much damage was done to it until you tear it down. For the cost of the repair parts plus the initial $200 you can get a good LQ4 engine for about the same money and you'll know its good.
K man thanx for the help!
$200 is a good deal though if you want to part out the motor. If the block is good you can probably get about $300-400 for it, a good crank should net about $100, the heads are probably worth $150 or so, good pistons and rods are probably another $100. I'd still take it from him.
Yeah, there have been good pieces of advice from both sides of the fence. The comments have come from good guys who know their chit about motors.
If you have the time and resources to do so, I would say go ahead and buy it. You could go and buy all of the parts and have the block sent off for machining--if needed. If not, go ahead and buy a brand new rotating assembly. You can build it slightly stronger than stock--if you want, depending on if you decide to keep it N/A or FI. You could salvage most of the upper end of the motor, but you will need to replace the whole bottom end rotating assembly. I would make sure to get new gaskets and such as well.
Yeah, it would be a great starting point for a budget forged motor. Stock block, crank and heads, forged rods and pistons would build you a nice strong motor for a pretty reasonable price. It all depends on what your budget is.