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Rebuild it if you can do it yourself. If not get another Rodeo.

Are you sure it didnt just break/throw the timing belt?

A bad timing belt tensioner can sound a lot like a rod knock.

Try to find out exactly whats wrong before making a decision on what to do.

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sweet, ive got a 40 series dumping out the bottom of mine with a hollowed out cat. sounds pretty good for a v6

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lol,my dad says my 3.1 sounds like a small 8.





...and he drives a Lincoln LS V8 *droolage*

Figured out what the problem was a coil pack was bad and my plugs had fouled out and caused the cylinder to miss