hey everyone i need some help with this one. ..

here we go! my car was broken into a few months ago and the most damage was caused by rocks, bark and dirt being tossed into the intake. the car was first started by the tow truck guy then the shop before any of this was noticed. between the insurance and the shop they decided to just do a head rebuild and not the full motor.


since i got the car back i put about 1k miles and it burnt through 2qts of oil and i never noticed any smoke at all. it also sounded like something was clunking on start up everytime no mater the weather but wasnt as bad if the motor was warm. i also could smell oil burning when at wot getting onto the freeways. the last time i drove it its also started to sputter.

my mecanic is telling me its either the oil pump or oil rings but when the insurance guy looked at it he said it was the rear main seal but ive never had a problem with the clutch and theres not a drop of oil on the driveway or where i park at work..

i never had a single problem with the car before all this happened.

any ideas of what this could be...

this all first happened back in early Aug and im still fighting to get the car back to 100% or just have them total it so i can move on..

 

My psychic diagnosis is the bores were damaged by the debris.

The noise you are hearing is piston slap caused by the piston dragging along a damaged bore.

Get someone with a bore scope to pull the plugs and have a really close look at the bores.

 

WTH.... you have an identicle thread in the talk forum!

 

Good luck on that. Sounds serious

 

Tell your insurance you need an engine. Debris didnt ruin your oil pump, it destroyed your cylinder walls. The braniac who did the head job should have noticed.

sounds like you had a personal enemy.