Check out my damage. PICS of hole in the side of block.

[virus77]

I pulled the motor out on sunday and snapped some pics of the damage. It was pretty bad, Im going to have another post soon with all my parts for sale, here are the pics.











It was caused by a bent rod eventually breaking. I had posted a while back that the timing chain broke and I had slight contact with the valves. I replaced the head but never checked out the bottom end. It guess it had tweaked the rod a bit and 3k miles later this happened. This was on a fresh rebuild that cost me over 2K but things like this happen so Im over it already.

[SlidnSideways]

Wow dude sorry to hear that. This really doesnt help me lean towards not reinforcing my engine like a tank...Im getting scared

Ive never seen anything like that before thats intense.

[virus77]

ya its like a grenade went off in the engine. But you shouldtn worry about the motor. This was a mistake on my behalf and my shops, so if its done right things like this wont happen. Most of the damage happened because when the rod snapped I was at around 3k rpm and in gear so it slung it around the block a couple hundred times untill in stoped.

[SlidnSideways]

That sux dude what are you planning on doing now?

[virus77]

I had an SR i was going to put in a s13 but im just going to put it in my S14 to get it running.

[TheOne]

hey at least you blew it up boosting on it, i had a friend with a civic that was @ high rpm on something like 3rd gear or so the shifted to 2nd thinkin it was 4rd....and same thing happened, a nice hole on the side of the block.things happen.....sometimes later in life, sometimes sooner.

[MarkEmark]

Wow, that's a helluva hole...it took a lot of force to do that in an iron block!

Anyway, would you mind taking a close up picture of where the dipstick tube goes into the hole in the block?

Thanks...

[virus77]

The block is in the trash bin already. But if you can make it out from the pics the oil return on the oil pan was in a perfect position.

[MarkEmark]

Nevermind, I just saw a good picture of it...strange, wouldn't it make sense that the flat washer looking thing that's welded to the dip stick tube sit flush on the edge of the hole in the block? Mine came back from the shop the same way, but it was lose in the hole...so I sanded mine down a little bit, and froze it so it'd go in a little firther toward the swaged top and have a better fit....

[veilside180sx]

That sucks man. At least there was a good reason for what happened, instead of not being sure.

[DRIFTEADOR]

i remember the post where you couldnt figure it out since it happened while cruising, not even boosting.

[sanioll]

from the pic, is the con rod empty inside??

looks like it is empty, wow, i thought they were full metal, but then weight at 7000rpm; but then again compresive and tensile forces at 7000rpm.

Am i seeing right, it is empty inside??

[sanioll]

just put a duct tape over it until you get another block.

[HolyShiznit]

^^^ They aren't empty, not too sure what YOU are looking at. The rods have a groove in the middle of them, maybe you are seeing that.

[virus77]

ya they are actually a nice beefy rods for a econo 4 banger. They are not hollow, but the one pictured is pretty mangeled so it looks a bit thin.

[fiznat]

Ughhhhh ouch man, really sorry to hear/see about this. Stay strong dude, you can only get better from here!