Last night the mechanic got the engine out of the car and tomorrow night he should have the crankshaft out and able to be inspected.
The last diagnosis of the engine running was him using a stethoscope and believing that the "knocking sound" was the crankshaft knocking around inside of bad bearings. The plan is to remove the crankshaft and do a visual inspection.
I was told I might have my crankshaft machined and then use oversized bearings. I was told another option was to do an exchange and send my crankshaft in exchange for another one with bearings.
Has anyone done this before and what option did you choose? Also, we are estimating it would be around $100 to machine a crankshaft. Does this sound right?
Thanks!