Engine carnage - pics inside

[BradJ]

Busted rod #3 cylinder. :bash:

driver side

passenger side

windage tray damage

poor rod :cryying:

poor block

damn gina

:fm::fm::fm:

 

[drewkeen]

What caused this? Must be a 96 engine - I see the low oil sensor in the pan.

 

[BradJ]

Unfortunately, my own stupidity is what caused it

 

[1Nastycobra]

ouch!! thats about the worst possible scenerio when blowing a motor..worst comes to worst, u can always get a used 4v motor, or you can use that money, save up and buy a nice shortblock

 

[pixlix]

That block is still good just add some mighty putty and your set lol

 

[BradJ]

That block is still good just add some mighty putty and your set lol

I was thinking maybe JB weld?

 

[pixlix]

Lol so what happened the world wants to know

 

[BradJ]

Its embarrassing to say...turned the ignition to on while I had fuel lines disconnected (was cleaning imrc) to download the stock pcm for tuning, forgot I had the lines disconnected and a bunch of fuel spilled into the head / cylinder. I gave it like 4 days to evaporate, plus cranked it a few times with the fuel pump fuse out, yet when I went to start it up there was a very loud explosion, like there was pooled fuel in the cylinder that detonated. This is the aftermath

 

[drewkeen]

Ouch. Were you still NA?

 

[BradJ]

yes stock motor

 

[pixlix]

O wow that sux

 

[crazycarlo]

good news is that 96-98 motors can be had pretty cheap. I paid $500 for each one of the ones Ive had. Complete shortblocks.

 

[BraMas]

I was thinking maybe JB weld?

Would you believe that when I bought my car it came with a "freshly rebuilt motor" that I just needed to put in. So I put it in and started it and it made lots of noise. So I pulled it back out and found that they had threw rod (not as bad as your) and they had fixed it with JB weld or at least attempted to

 

[CobraBob]

Oh wow, I winced when I saw that! Did you race the car? I ask because if you did maybe consider installing a built motor. If you don't need a built motor as mentioned above, short blocks for your '96 are pretty inexpensive. Too bad this happened. You certainly weren't looking for an engine headache.

 

[BradJ]

Oh wow, I winced when I saw that! Did you race the car? I ask because if you did maybe consider installing a built motor. If you don't need a built motor as mentioned above, short blocks for your '96 are pretty inexpensive. Too bad this happened. You certainly weren't looking for an engine headache.

Nah, never raced the car...barely drive it...only has 30k orig miles on it! However I will definitely be putting a built motor in there. :burnout: I couldn't bring myself to put a used motor in there...just wouldn't seem right

 

[crazycarlo]

Haha they are only new before u crank them up man. But goodluck and keep us updated on what u plan to do with the car.

 

[BradJ]

Haha they are only new before u crank them up man. But goodluck and keep us updated on what u plan to do with the car.

True, but at least with a new motor I know what it's been through...or rather what it has not been through ;-)

 

[PSUCOBRA96]

I woulda thought that was a high rpm explosion, not while just cranking, wow thats bad, sorry you got some bad luck but at least you can build a new motor now. I suggest thinking about upgrading to c heads

 

[COBRA97SVT]

OP Ive done something similar..Before I had my blower retuned I took it out for some fun. I was shooting too much fuel and fouled the plugs.. Put new plugs in and bam, blew the intake off the top of the motor..

 

[DVJ38]

Youch, good luck with the new build I guess!