Kell

Some of you may have seen my past 2 threads about my engine noise and then the pulling of my motor. Well i have the motor out and on a stand and not only did i spin the #2 rod bearing it was roughly %40 missing and what was left of the two halves were thin enough to bend with my bare hand... ill post pictures tomorrow of the carnage. i know the rod is toast and am unsure if i will need a new crank, its looking very possible the scoring has gone too deep to salvage the crank.

So obviously i will be rebuilding the motor. So far the cheapest entire set of rods i ahve found are Carrillos for $815 and a new set of Carrillos on ebay for $750. I it is possible i would like to avoid spending this much and if anyone has just one rod they can spare that would be great... yet i doubt i will find just one but thought id ask anyways.

This will be my first 951 rebuild, and i have a few questions. Does anyone have any experiance with total seal gapless rings on these motors ,ive only had experiance with a set on an iron block for a n/a bmw and dont know how well they work with this FI aluminum block setup. I plan on getting the bottom end fully balanced and am curious if anyone has had a good balance job done and removed the balance shafts without any issues? Any other ideas and words of advice on this rebuild would be great as always!

thanks,
Kell

Tom M'Guinn

I have a crank I'm happy to sell if you need it. Sorry about your troubles though.

Claus Groth

Sure, I've got a rod. I'll PM you.