Engine Locked Up - Place Your Bets!
09-03-2006, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris White
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The engine won't budge in either direction?
The engine won't budge in either direction?
09-03-2006, 04:23 AM
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I wouldn't think that you would see any metal when draining the oil if the car hasn't really fired off yet. I might have missed it but what had you done to the engine prior to this problem? Have you done a rebuild? Sorry to hear this; I hope you find it's not the worst case scenario.
09-03-2006, 11:36 AM
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Im sure ski is on to something there not much else makes sense.If the valve train looks good an you didnt hyd the motor(I would think you would need to bend a rod more than I have ever seen before because if you broke a rod it would still spin)it must be in the bellhousing.
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09-03-2006, 01:10 PM
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There are a lot of possibilities – but to really lock up a motor solid so that there is not movement at all in either direction takes a bearing failure. Otherwise you could rock it back and forth just a tad.
09-03-2006, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris White
There are a lot of possibilities – but to really lock up a motor solid so that there is not movement at all in either direction takes a bearing failure. Otherwise you could rock it back and forth just a tad.
I dont know how that would have happened. Crank was a good used one (mine was totally fubar), main bearings and rod bearings were all new. Loads of assembly lube was used, and oil pressure pegged the gauge.
So, question... Will a cylinder head thats been oringed for a stock 2.5 liter block work on one of your 2.7 MIDs?
09-03-2006, 11:29 PM
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Brain, I feel for you, about 3 years ago something similar happenned to me, after the head was removed this is what I found;
09-04-2006, 02:11 AM
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damn, all those ciliner pics look the same when the engine is finally opened up. Same happened to me a week ago.. I did snap a rod because the piston got stuck..
http://pildid.audiclub.ee/pprz/markus/IMG_7082.JPG
Sry to hear that man..
http://pildid.audiclub.ee/pprz/markus/IMG_7082.JPG
Sry to hear that man..
09-04-2006, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by lart951
Brain, I feel for you, about 3 years ago something similar happenned to me, after the head was removed this is what I found;
