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Ron, are these engines actually blueprinted or is that just the companies name? If this engine is papered, dial indicators and mic's could certainly be used to back up anything your mechanic finds. It should all be there on paper right down to the oil pump.
 
GearHead_1 said:
Ron, are these engines actually blueprinted or is that just the companies name? If this engine is papered, dial indicators and mic's could certainly be used to back up anything your mechanic finds. It should all be there on paper right down to the oil pump.
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Dunno Mark,

He just signed up here, so mebbe he will answer, hopefully he will decide that this is serious, and replace the engine. You remember my Audi fiasco.
 
Good luck Ron I feel your pain. I had a similar situation happen with a motorcycle engine a few years ago. Luckily they resolved it. Good luck hope to see this turn out on a positive note.
 
I was just rereading this and the FBody forum posts. Is this a stroker? Rods touching the block make loud knocks, bearings could blue print fine. Wrist pins will also knock. Valve train noises are often spoken of as ticks and clicks. Knocks are more commonly bottom end stuff, even something like a loose flywheel.
 
Stokdgs said:
If it were me, I would have determined where the knock noise was coming from - its either the valve train, possibly the fuel pump rod that runs off the camshaft, or the bottom end - crankshaft mains or rod bearings..

One question - did you guys spin the distributor gear up with a drill to pressurize the oil pump first, before you started it ??? Verify the oil pressure with a manual (true oil pressure gauge) gauge before you started it ?

Any pushrods come out bent after you took the valve covers off and looked around there???

Ive seen and built a few small blocks and never had this issue at start up but I also went through and set the rockers to the prescribed nbr of turns on the lock nut, and then went back through after it fired up, ran and shut it off, and checked for any a little too loose...

Perhaps there were a few lifters that were not pressurized with oil from the pushrod tubes for awhile???

Next, would be a little concerned about what the camshaft lobes might be looking like..
Hopefully, they put a good camshaft assembly lube on all the lobes and lubed up the camshaft bearings, etc...

Geez, this cant be so hard to do!!! Sorry this had to happen to you guys...
Dan F
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This. If before initial start up the oil pump wasn't primed, and the motor was fired dry, that would almost guarantee a spun bearing somewhere in the rotating assembly. Also, if it wasn't properly primed, they may fault you for improperly firing the engine while it was dry.
 
I don't think it's a stroker.

As far as I know, they (blueprint) tested the engine before sending it out. I may be wrong, but I think they did.

They said there is something wrong with the engine not disputed, but they just say try this, try that, and we'll send ya some parts and that them.

The guy from blueprint had that pm before 3pm, then I linked a pm to him about this thread, he signs up here, sits for a long time and nuttin.

It's time for them to take care of this or a case of preparation h won't take care of this hemorrhoid. I'm sure he will be having a great weekend though.

getting more and more annoyed
 
This really sux mate , hope that company will resolve their issues .

Who s gonna pay again for all these ! The consumer as usual .
 
sprocketser said:
This really sux mate , hope that company will resolve their issues .

Who s gonna pay again for all these ! The consumer as usual .
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So far my kid has paid.

The company better step up, or the consumers will go elsewhere and they won't have to worry about it much longer
 
True man , I was thinking of buying one engine from them in a later day , but I ll forget them from now on ! Thanx for sharing .
 
Quit playing their game. Sue them for breach of contract. Let a judge decide the outcome and live with it/move on

Sorry you and your boy are having to go through this Ronkh
 
Trouble said:
Quit playing their game. Sue them for breach of contract. Let a judge decide the outcome and live with it/move on

Sorry you and your boy are having to go through this Ronkh
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Thanks G.

Public opinion (and the power of the internet) will do more to them than a Judge will. :inspector:

There was an add on the radio that said over 80% of people would not do business wit ha company that had negative ratings/reviews.
 
Ronkh said:
Thanks G.

Public opinion (and the power of the internet) will do more to them than a Judge will. :inspector:

There was an add on the radio that said over 80% of people would not do business wit ha company that had negative ratings/reviews.
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Judge Judy will get you further then the internet. That's the route I would take

;)
 
I think that touting a company's strengths when they do well and exposing their weakness when they do poorly and telling others about it does them a favor when they are shopping. Shoppers still need to do their homework but giving someone cause to really look at what they may purchase helps strengthen the marketplace by weeding out bad vendors.

When a company steps up and honors their obligations or better yet goes beyond what is expected and people read about it, it's a great way to market a solid company. In this case there is both opportunity to win customers or potentially lose them just by having "Car People" follow a thread (like this one) and passing it on or linking to it. I'll be interested to see how this company chooses to support their customer (at this point he is their customer, they have him). Theirs to keep or theirs to lose.

This all said, I hope that your son has followed their installation instructions (not to rough or tough, I looked at their site). Not priming an engine or properly breaking in a valve train could be a real deal breaker.
 
GearHead_1 said:
I think that touting a company's strengths when they do well and exposing their weakness when they do poorly and telling others about it does them a favor when they are shopping. Shoppers still need to do their homework but giving someone cause to really look at what they may purchase helps strengthen the marketplace by weeding out bad vendors.

When a company steps up and honors their obligations or better yet goes beyond what is expected and people read about it, it's a great way to market a solid company. In this case there is both opportunity to win customers or potentially lose them just by having "Car People" follow a thread (like this one) and passing it on or linking to it. I'll be interested to see how this company supports their customer. Theirs to keep or theirs to lose.

This all said, I hope that your son has followed their installation instructions (not to rough or tough, I looked at their site). Not priming an engine or properly breaking in a valve train could be a real deal breaker.
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:bigups

Whole heartedly agree
 
Just as a follow up.......

Got a call from a lady named Kelli. From my understanding they are sending out a new engine for my son's car tonight.

Will keep updated
 
about time. they will end up losing more business due to bad press than just taking care of the problem to start with. hope they actually run this engine before sending it out this time.
 
tropicsteve said:
about time. they will end up losing more business due to bad press than just taking care of the problem to start with. hope they actually run this engine before sending it out this time.
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Agreed. At this point I will give them the benefit of the doubt and see if it's real.
 
Well, so much for "stand up"

dieselgeek said:
Hi Ron,

I've seen your complaint on a few forums. I work at BluePrint and while I am not part of the warranty team, I can't help but asking for more details with what happened. Because each of those engines are run on a dyno for about an hour, and go through a battery of tests before they leave - it includes pressure testing all fluid reservoirs, time on a runout machine to observe cranking compression and proper oiling, then compression and leakdown, comprehensive valvetrain check, and a blacklight test for even the smallest oil leaks. If an engine has a problem on the dyno - and every now and then they do - the entire production line is stopped until the problem is identified. Department managers are held accountable for any issues, it's a big deal when there is a problem. Long story short, it's impossible for an engine that's "knocking" to get past our testing. So that makes me wonder if something went wrong during the initial startup, or if the engine was re-timed improperly, etc. Even then, BluePrint takes care of their customers, but the customers have to go through our troubleshooting procedures - we can't just send out a new engine until we know what went wrong with the original. On a busy day we will dyno and ship 50 or more engines at our plant.

If there's anything more you can share with us, I'd be happy to go poke the warranty guys upstairs, I haven't asked them about this particular engine yet but I am curious to hear more about your issues mainly because it's odd for us to have a customer complaint given that our warranty policy is solid. ?

-Scott
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