A Little Scoring #2 Rod

[flaps10]

You hooked me there. I was thinking "there's an inspection hole? I don't recall seeing that." Then I realized what I was looking at. Day-um.

I was going to joke that you might be able to save that knock sensor but it would appear that even that is a bit beat up.

[jsceash]

As a serious comment. The rod are fractured/split the end appears to be semi polished, meaning your rod bolt were coming loose. Was there any knock or other noise before the failure? Just curious.

[flaps10]

I'm wondering how far that car traveled with the rod bearing stuck to the crank. That had to sound awful.

Did they just install rear speakers and keep going?

[BYprodriver]

Porsche M96 oem rod bolts. Accept a substitute!

[78F350]

Originally Posted by jsceash

As a serious comment. The rod are fractured/split the end appears to be semi polished, meaning your rod bolt were coming loose. Was there any knock or other noise before the failure? Just curious.

Unfortunately I don't know any history of the car. I got it as salvage and it already had the problem. I expect that I made it a little bit worse when I ran it twice for about 30 seconds. It actually ran on 5 cylinders until I quit giving it gas. Lots of smoke and an expensive sounding rattle.

I'll post some followup pics here later this week when I open it further. I'm curious about the crank and head.

Timco: I thought about Flex Seal and Slick-50, but I'll probably just spray some triple expanding foam inside to stop things from rattling, then sell it as 'rebuilt' on Craigslist.