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Thanks Steve, much appreciated.

Karl.

My mechanic has managed to read the codes from the face of the crankshaft.

OK, so I've got "CCBC" on the block, "222" on the rods, and "CDC 3222" on the crankshaft.

If I'm reading it correctly,...

I definitely got that squeaky noise when you turn the engine off, also a "coffee grinder"-like noise that was continuous - eventually turned into a "coffee grinder with a rock in it" noise, not nice.

Thanks for that. I've just been on the phone to the mechanic, who still says he can't see anything on the crank. We have at least got the numbers off the con-rods ('2' on each one). Unfortunately I...

G'day all,

My Beat's at the mechanic's shop at the moment, having suffered a water pump failure ("so that's what that noise was!"). Anyway, I'm taking the opportunity to get the engine rebuilt -...