Big end issues?

[pimpinmah0z]

Right i have a horrid suspision that my big ends are about to royally shit there entrails.
Cars a Celica ST182 3SGE
When i start the car it sounds ok but whenever i take off theres a sort of clunking sound. its sounds kinda gluggy.
however when i reach about 3000 rpm the sound goes away, or when the car is warm.
this makes me think its not the big ends, cos someone told me that big ends would get louder when warm not quieter?
Can anyone suggest whether it is my big ends or not, and a way to find out for sure?

[vvega]

dose it rattle first thing in the moring for a few seconds ??

on a cold start
??


to find out for sure.....
pull em out and look
v

[pimpinmah0z]

yes. yes it does.

[vvega]

big ends .......
now you know

v

[jondee86]

Apart from first thing on a cold start (until the oil pressure builds up) big end rattle usually relates to load. At 3000 rpm and throttle barely cracked open, there is hardly any load on the bearings, and the noise goes away. Let it slow down to 1500 rpm in a high gear, and then give it a bit of throttle.... that will load up the engine and should get your bearings rattling nicely

Cheers..... jondee86

[celica_tommo]

'fatgtr' has the same problem... so much for the indestructable 3s-ge

Welcome anyway, you've got the same car as me, st182/3 owners seem to come and go fairly quickly on this forum

[deaf_rattle]

pull it out, full rebuild

[20vpsi]

yer sounds like bigends. if you have your foot on the acc, it would be making noise at the point off just lfting off the acc and just on point, im the king of running bigend beainds

[fatgtr]

hey there
its all good, turned out it wasnt the big ends, apparantly its the suspension bushings having a rattling good time.
thnx for yr help tho

[2fas4u]

hey there
its all good, turned out it wasnt the big ends, apparantly its the suspension bushings having a rattling good time.
thnx for yr help tho

what a big relive for you buddy, looks like you can keep your gtr, remove your auction off trademe:P

[vvega]

if its rattling on cold start up they are not far off dieing
but meh i guess youll lern the ways of the 3s
the hard way

v

[fatgtr]

nah its definitly the suspension bushings, i listened to a friends and he has the same prob. any way big ends make a loud sound. this isn't

[vvega]

sorry didnt realise the suspenion bushes rattled on startup

[fatgtr]

sorry didnt realise the suspenion bushes rattled on startup

yeah well remember an old car rattles a bit when started. also when started cars shake. in turn makes the bushings rattle

[fatgtr]

could it possibly be an engine mount?