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Bad main bearing symptoms

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65shlbycln

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In the past few days, my 289 has started to run rough. When going through the revs, it almost sounds like a flat-4 out of a subaru.

I was told that my main bearings should be changed pretty soon.

Could this be what is causing the engine to run rough?
 

ozstang65

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How's your oil pressure? Bad mains will leak a lot and reduce pressure, a spun bearing, although I've never actually heard one, is an apparently very obvious noise.

An off-tune sound might be it not running on 8 cyls
 

69Rcode_Mach1

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Did your mechanic check your bearing clearances when you put the engine together?
 

brianj5600

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I had a turbo Buick that spun a main. It knocked under heavy load, not really any noise if just cruising. I guess the crank was supported by the next bearing except uder load it flex enough to knock. I babied it around for weeks until a rod fed by that main went south too. If it seems like a miss, it aint the bearing. If it souds like a jack hammer inside it is a bearing.
 

Great68

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69Rcode_Mach1 said:
Did your mechanic check your bearing clearances when you put the engine together?
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I think his bottom end is still stock.
 
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