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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
That sound like yours was more of a center bolt failure, which ultimately took out the bearing.
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Could very well be, but the difference was just a matter of moments between first hearing the clatter of valves meeting pistons and getting to the side of the road and restarting the car only to continue hearing the clatter. Whether the bolt failed and caused the bearing to fail or the bearing failed is an academic question with no practical difference. And my shop did say that the pan was full of metal pieces