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My wife drove the mini van when it was low or almost out of oil. now the engine makes a loud knocking sound.......is the engine blown or is there a possible fix, to save the engine?

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Knocking means you're still low on oil. Try have an oil and filter change. If your engine is blown, you won't hear or feel it cause it's seized. A dying engine from oil starvation would make screeching metal to metal noise. Yours sounds more like a stuck cam follower from oil starvation.

  • hye_in619 Apr 18, 2011

    I am having the same problem. Can you tell me what ended up happening with the van? What they found? We just changed out the bearings (they were really bad), but now we hear knocking noise from the top of the engine.

  • Ed Paje Apr 21, 2011

    My advise is hook up an Oil Pressure gauge from all points of access (bottom and top access ports of the engine oil system) to have an idea if is actually a lubrication problem.

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