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Originally Posted by Jake Raby
JTP,
Thanks for the kind words...
I wanted to take this opportunity to illustrate how these engines should be cared for and examined when they have had potential failures..
The general way a shop attacks a problem like this is by "throwing parts at it" to see what repairs the issue.. This engine also had all the classic examples of a total failure, so many would say "its blown up, replace it" when the reality of it is the engine might not have had much going on at all..
Its too early to say, but I am hopeful that we can have this car repaired within 48 hours from the time it failed... It arrived on the perfect day, we are awaiting parts for every other job in the shop!!
Mike,
If this rod is bent, it has not been shortened, it has more than likely been twisted in the bore, which is how I have seen these rods deform in the past with hydro-lock.
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You've got way more datapoint -- the one I saw curled over with a bow -- I'll have
to dig it out and see it actually twisted and see if I can determine
if the stroke would have been shorter or not.
Always trying to gleam some information from every failure to
make the next go round easier.
As others have said -- thanks for sharing!
Mike