ZC knockin bad please help

Well I just picked up my rex with a zc in it monday and the guy i got it from told me to get a piece of hose and hook it to the intale manifold so it would stop burning oil. well i did that and stared it up and it started knocking really bad. I drove it home and now it sounds like something is bouncing around inside one of the cylinders or something. any help would be great thanks

Check to make sure the oil pump is working. and one more thing, Dont drive it untill you figure out why its knocking. you can definitly ruin that engine if it turns out to be the pump or there really is something rattling around in there

Heres how to check if the pump is working...
first thing to do is take off the oil filter. once you got the oil filter off crank the car have a friend to check if there is oil coming out if there is you oil pump should be ok. put the filter back on and clean the area good with brake cleaner get all the oil off next thing to suspect is wrong is the oil pressure sender unit right above the oil filter just replace that and see if that help.

I took it into the shop today but they were closin. I had it put on a flat bed and when i backed it off it ripped off the bumper :( this thing is just getting worse and worse.

where did u hook the hose?

the middle hole on the intake manifold to the pcv(i think that is what its called) valve

It sounds like you threw a rod. Just what I think.

that is what i said

who makes internals for a zc? just incase i have to start replacing things

Well i just talked to the shop and they said its a rod knock. Does anyone know what are some good rods to go with and what else has to be replaced if anyhitng when i do the rods.

will any d series rods work?

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