670hoth
Senior Member
My neighbor has an 09 1500 hemi with 180k miles and it started knocking after getting run 3 quarts low on oil (long story). It seems very, very likely to me that it's a rod knock. The sound is definitely coming from the bottom of the engine. The truck does not have any lifter tick issues and the oil pressure is still good although he thinks it might be slightly lower. We dump a quart of Lucas oil stabilizer in it after he had the oil changed and it did not seem to make a difference. He was quoted $6,000 for a reman engine installed but the truck has the high miles and needs some rest repair so it's not really worth it. I was wondering if it's possible to put a crank kit in these engines while still in the truck? I know it's a long shot but thought I would ask if anyone's ever heard of it being done. This would be the only possible way it would make financial sense to try to fix the truck if he could get this done for around $2K or $2500 max. Thanks