I Spent 100 Hours Fixing My KA24DE Engine and Here's What I Found!

[@alkennedy1124]

That turbo in the video,was not turning, at first, something wrong, , check the compression, 5 revolutions per cylinder , and check the valve springs, you migh need to air up the cylinders so you can pull the springs on the engine, I’ve done it a dozen times , or more, lol thanks BigAl California,love ya

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It was actually stuck. I could move it in that clip with my hand. Once I revved it up it freed up and started spinning. Not sure on that one. Yea I was going to pressurize the cylinder and switch to the dual valve spring and go up to the 272 cams so it’ll be safer revving to 8,000 rpm.

[@alkennedy1124]

Do those buckets go over the valve springs,? They do don’t they, you might of lost a wedge keeper valve stem keeper, there are a few groves in the end of the valves for those valve stem spring wedges keepers, right, that could be the ticking too, that is what was wrong with my 454 big block , at your house in California, I had over revvedit and one half on one valve there was only one keeper on the valve, it came off and dropped a valve, knocked a hole in the block, and beat the piston off of that rod, junked the block, lol so yeah it will tell on it’s self,,if it is not right Engine rotating assembly balanced and clearance correctly with the bearing inserts and the rest, thanks BigAl California, love ya

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All the keepers are in place. No dropped valves or valve float situation. It’s the clearance on the cam to bucket. I need to order the shims that sit on top of the bucket. They lock into place on the top. Oh yea I remember that.

[@alkennedy1124]

Put some Lucas oil fuel additive in the fuel tank THAY might be injector knock inside the them, if you have to pull the engine, might be able to Micro polish the crank if it ends up being you have to pull it,,, I hear the knock when you accelerate that would be rods, if it was all of the time it might be mains, you can line bore the mains on the engine and the caps all in a Machine shop a good one too,,,that brings it back to stock size, no need for undersize inserts, ok good job , thanks BigAl California.

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@@alkennedy1124 yea only on acceleration is where I heard it. Injectors are loud by themselves. It’s definitely in the rotating assembly. I’ll do some tests first then if those fail I’ll pull it this winter. Might make for some good informative content 👍🏼! Thank you!

[@alkennedy1124]

Put some Lucas oil fuel additive and drain 2 quarts of oil and put 2 quarts of Lucas oil stabilizer in it just a test to see if it takes up the slop that’s in the crank, ok that will tell you if ,it is, the problem,ok, thank , thanks love ya , keep up the good mechanic service, this is the way I learned too, trial and error, lol not , but it sounds good, thanks BigAl California

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@alkennedy1124 yea that’s my next video. Seeing what I can do before pulling the motor. Which I still might do anyways lol. It’s been 2 years now since I built it.

[@alkennedy1124]

All knocks and now new ticks are all still there, time will tell, it’s will Clarence its self in time, if people think High tolerance measurements close are not top on the engine build , then they are all shade tree mechanics, it matters, and a dust free tight Clarence at stock measurements is key just because it’s highped up or whatever doesn’t mean you enlarge the clearances, it’s. Exactly the stock specifications clearances, in all engines, for explanation, you only torque bolts at the same torque as they would be normally in a stock engine if you add torque, it will create clearances, if the packages says optimal torque specs ,then don’t go over that,, right, I ruined a engine once, it went a tiny bit more, and it Clarence stitch self and ruin the engine when I was driving it,,, lol thanks BigAl merry thanksgiving dinner coming soon praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏 thanks BigAl California I love ya and it .

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I noticed at the end of the video it’s a got a very pronounced knock in the bottom end. No good. I’ll end up having to pull the motor and check everything. Get oversized rod bearings and have the crank machined again. I kept the clearance close to factory specs. The exhaust side is definitely not optimal but get those shim is almost impossible for these engines. But did find someone who has them. Just need to figure out which ones I have with a micrometer and get the size I need to correct them. Yes! All that good food and family time!

[@alkennedy1124]

It ,rod inserts never have Sims, never, the rods might need to be resized, and that will make them round and stock cleve lite 77 inserts, , accept if the crank shaft has been ground, then you would need to correct undersize cleve light 77 inserts, cleve light 77s are alcohol resistant, ok I don’t trust plastic gauge because no one understands it I do but no one understands how to read the plastic gauge, if you had an inside outside micrometer that would fit then that would be the best thing to do but a lot of people don’t know how to read them either, right, put some. Lucas oil in it see if it gets rid of the rattle put a couple of quarts in of Lucas oil in it, you know stabilizer,and just do a test, can’t hurt, , p.s. on the food, The onions on the quarter pounders came from Taylor farms in California and they were recalled in the whole McDonald’s corporation, but now they have tested negative so they’re allowing them all back on the menu, be grace based saved with Jesus Christ from God ,and pray for all of your food people, thanks BigAl California

[@alkennedy1124]

The two other places with those chopped onions taco Bell and Pizza Hut, lol so hopefully they have correct the problem is gone, ok lol thanks BigAl merry thanksgiving,love ya and them thanks BigAl , check out the last vlog of the 65 corvette,out at El Mirage lake, thanks BigAl California

[@BuiltToBoost]

@@alkennedy1124 yea I can read plasti gauge and micrometer. I’m gonna use plati gauge on the rods to see if and which one is out of spec cause I can definitely hear some knocking. Yea I’ll try some Lucas and see what that does. Oh I heard about that with the onions. Yea hopefully it’s all good now.

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@@alkennedy1124 yea I can check it out here in a few!