Originally Posted by Dario99gst
I have proof here at the house that a car with crank walk will start up and run. Although you are right if it were that bad then the crank would hit the cas which in turn would hit the plate causing your car to shut off.
BTW I'm not the one who posted the crank walk suggestion it was Dave, He was on my laptop.
My best suggestion for you is to bring it over so we can look it over, It is very hard to tell what is wrong with a car without actually looking at it. There are way too many variables.
I agree with your notion that a car will run with an "early" walking crankshaft. Rob and Dave diagnosed my car to have some slight play in the crank and I will probably be a victim down the road as well. The only reason why the damn thing hasn't totally walked off yet, was due to me driving the car pretty conservatively for the most part, doing regular syntheitc oil changes, keeping the car in neutral while at a red light, until the light changes, etc.
However, wouldn't a DSM, that has a severe enough condition of crankwalk (in other words, the crank is in walking enough to make the car not run), not run at all. Cornflake said that the car will run fine at times. Wouldn't the crank pretty much make the car undrivable, regardless of whether or not the CAS is damaged? I would think that if the crank is off spec enough to make his car shut off, it would consitently do it.
Obviously, I am not a mechanic, but I believe what I stated would almost seem logical. Perhaps I'm wrong though.
Any news yet Cornflake?