60 Degree 3.1 Liter V6 Noise?

This started when I was on the highway a few hours ago. I started losing horsepower and then this noise.
No clue what it is. Any ideas?

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Horsepower
• V6
• engine
• Buick
• Century
• road
• highway
• freeway
• 1995
• 1996
• General
• Motors
• GM
• noise
• problem

[XcallmefinchX]

aye did u put a system in it?

[superstormj]

@XcallmefinchX Yeah, it had a system in it. Sadly, actually, 4 hours from now, this car will be crushed into a block of steel, and I'll be paid $350 for it. The system that was in it, is in my newer car shown in the last 2 vids, with some improvements. But alas, I'm selling this car too. Gas is too expensive, and a 4.6 V8 with 318 or so horsepower burns through it fast.

[superstormj]

Turn your volume a tad bit down, or be ready for your ears to hurt... My camera doesn't like loud noises at close range.

[XcallmefinchX]

hahaha i have a buick same year and shit... now I have a piston fucking knockin too!!

[superstormj]

@truebloodc

Thanks for the info. I actually just gave my Buick to a family member since they need a second car. And yeah, they have to put a new engine in it. One of the cylinders are all torn up. I just posted a video of my new car. I made this video, and 4 or so days later I said screw it and bought a new car ha. Thanks again :)

[truebloodc]

@truebloodc I talked to a shop about it and they said once you've spun a bearing in the 3.1 the engine block is done, it really cant be rebuilt they can't bore the bearing sleeve out any further cause there is not enough material there to remove. So I just recently replaced my engine with 200k with a nice used engine with 98k and it works great. Best of luck.

[truebloodc]

I have a '95 Skylark with the 3.1, back in June I started having issues, a few times on the freeway the engine just kinda chugged and lost some power, eventually I was entering the freeway and accelerated to merge and heard a strange sound and lost most power, the sound was quite similar to what I hear in your video. I had spun a cam bearing, which damaged a lifter and the cam. After pulling the engine doing new head gaskets, lifters, push rods, cam bearings, camshaft, oil pump, it re broke.