A bad wrist pin is a terminal condition.

When(not if), the wrist pin fails, it'll be catastrophic. Think a loud noise, followed by silence, only broken by bits of the engine bouncing up from the road and hitting the floorpan.

Drive it sparingly, drive it gently, search for a new(used)engine, and get a quote from your tech on doing a swap out.

 

Curiously, when the sound clip ended one of the "suggested" vids that came up was the sound of a bad rod bearing in an HHR. H'MMMMM

 

yeah, that's what I plan on doing. I'm probably not going to drive it at all. but if I did and the engine blew, it would be the same as not driving it and changing the engine. the result would be exactly the same I would imagine.

I found a few engines around 700-750 range with about the same mileage as mine which is 140K. anybody know a place to get good used engines?

 

Junk yards can find them, just specify mileage.

 

i see them on ebay prices look to good to be true
175 shipping

 

They come either by truck to your local shop or pick up at your local junkyard (may not be the actual engine you see pictured), ship to "home" is more. A 4 cylinder Ecotec only weighs around 200 LBs, maybe less, if I remember correctly.

 

I found a good engine for 650 shipped with only 75K on the dial. it is out of a cobalt I believe. ordering it on Monday.

 

I just bought one from a junkyard (off ebay) for 600. Said it has 18K on it. Looked like it was possible. Shipping was $90 to commercial without the need for a lift gate. 190 if I had it sent to residential and needed the use of a lift gate.

 

Local junkyard? What is seller name? Was it a good engine? Pm me more info if you would be so kind. Thanks.

 

The ebay seller is swiftautoia515 from DE Moines Iowa

I don't see any 2.2 Ecotec's on their site at the present time.