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I'm fooking lucky!

Just got my old piston and rod out (as some of you know, i had a big end knock) and am counting my blessings that the old rod did not compleatly go!

 

Its got a nice crack in it :shock: Check out the pics!

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    on a scale of 1 - 10 I say that was pretty much fooked.

    You're lucky you haven't got bits of rods sticking out the side of your block.

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    on a scale of 1 - 10 I say that was pretty much fooked.

    You're lucky you haven't got bits of rods sticking out the side of your block.

     

    I'd Say on a scale of 1 - 10 on being lucky it did'nt go was in the upper 20's lol

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    im no engine whizz but what would cause that to happen, manufacutre defect, too much boost, oil starvation, or just general wear.

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    Thats Lucky

     

    If that had been mine It would have come straight through the engine bay. :D

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    Is that the end-cap? What's with all the scoring? What state was the shell bearing in? I'd expect to see that inner surface all lovely and smooth, the end cap/rod not the bearing?

     

    That looks like oil starvation to me...

     

    Tim

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    lol! looks like the bearing dissapeared a long time ago tim!!

     

    you're damn lucky bud - that must have sounded terrible when running! :eek:

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    It's the rod, and it's fooked!

     

    Spun a shell by the looks of it, how's the crank?

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    lol! looks like the bearing dissapeared a long time ago tim!!

     

    you're damn lucky bud - that must have sounded terrible when running! :eek:

     

     

    Good, so it's not me going mad then. I couldn't understand how you could get that degree of damage and still have a bearing, I guess everything was spinning independantly!!

     

    Lucky is NOT the word.

     

    You'll be needing a new crank then. Didn't you notice low oil pressure, it must have been pissing out of that bearing. :eek:

     

    i'm having a bad day aren't I? It's obviously a rod as the studs in it! D'oh!

     

    Tim

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    Crank is fine, thank god, and yes it did spin a shell as a result of oil starvation.

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    im no engine whizz but what would cause that to happen, manufacutre defect, too much boost, oil starvation, or just general wear.

     

    Yes. :D

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