Widows blown engine....diagnosed!!!

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04-07-2011, 07:01 PM

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Im 99.99999999% sure, that there was no oil involved.

The smoke was alllll coolant.

I was 5 cars behind..and wasnt a drop on the track.

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04-07-2011, 07:30 PM

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Damn plastic heater control valve!

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04-07-2011, 07:44 PM

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Cylinder bit it...

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04-07-2011, 08:14 PM

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WHat is this thread about again?

oh my mistake I thought it started out being interesting.

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04-07-2011, 08:21 PM

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I have been a pro mechanic for many, many years, and I have zero doubt that what actually happened was it broke.

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04-07-2011, 08:26 PM

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Dun blowd up!

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04-07-2011, 08:49 PM

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I had an control systems professor with and accent and a mean streak. He would say "and in deez case, wee blow hup!" with a gleam in his eye.

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04-07-2011, 08:53 PM

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Aren't 928's supposed to be admired from a distance and never ever touched or <gasp> started? That's what did it...

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04-07-2011, 08:53 PM

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Day 75... no resolution to reason why engine blew.....

finger worn to a nub hitting F5...... Gonna have to cut it off so I can continue... there must be an answer shortly.. there must.....

F5.....F5......F5.....F5......

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04-07-2011, 09:29 PM

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you blew an apex seal. you should never have a rotary in a 928.

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04-07-2011, 09:39 PM

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There went three minutes of my life that I will never get back...

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04-07-2011, 09:41 PM

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Damn muffler "U" pipes.

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04-07-2011, 09:53 PM

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At ths point-who gives a rats ***.

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04-07-2011, 10:00 PM

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You guys are so damn dumb, this exact type of engine failure has been diagnosed before by a well known expert in the field of blowing engines.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsO9WEwitfo