Guess that noise

brian6pac said
That just sucks, it does look like a bent rod. Ever been hydro locked ?

Never been hydro locked not sure how I would have bent a rod?

brian6pac said
Did you clean all the oil galley's out when it came back from the machine shop.

I did not clean the oil galley's (the machine shop had assembled the short block this last time)

brian6pac said
How close is your oil pick up from the bottom of the pan ?
If it's to close it will restrict what can be picked up or plug it off completely with that style pick up.

I used tape and my kids play-doh. If i remember it was close to 3/8 of an inch