just yesterday my engine started knockin, i have a 98 civic lx, with a header/cat/muffler, cai, msd cap/coil, its been fine , now its just making a knocking sound, it sounds like its coming from the bottom area of the engine, the sound is loudest right at the oil pan, and when i accelerate the knocking goes faster along with the engine.. is this rod knock?.. and how can i fix it?....it has the cadence of a machine gun at like 3000rpm

 

New engine

 

no its got like 168k on it...its been great up until now.

 

keep driving it since it ONLY has 170k miles on it. Then buy a new motor for it next week when the rod comes through the block !

 

Ive heard this sound in one of my relatives civic, turned out to be a scored bearing, the owners never changed the oil, they would just add more when the dip stick read empty.

 

ok so it could be a bearing or a rod knock?.. im just trying to find out, no im not driving the car i just dont want to get raped when i bring it to a shop and find out whats wrong...

 

its probably a bearing

 

Let's review a little.....

Uh, he wasn't asking you if you had a new engine, he was saying you need a new engine. Rod knock comes from a bad rod bearing. Even if it's a different bearing, it isn't going to get better. So....
Either replace or rebuild, but if you want to avoid the raping part, I'd probably just go for a quality used motor. Heck, if you have some mechanical skill, you could do it yourself.