#$@! Blew my engine today #&*#@!
11-30-2014, 08:32 PM
#1
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#$@! Blew my engine today #&*#@!
Well, a fun day, blew the motor.
Here's the details:
San Diego Region PCA was doing a back-county drive today, through the twisties. There were about 45 cars. The group kept getting split up, and at one point I was in a group of about 5 or 6 cars, and the leader pulled over to check his GPS.
I was stopped next to him on an unpaved area at the side of the road. He then figured he knew which way to go, and took off. Since I was on dirt, I accelerated rather slowly. The second I hit the pavement, I heard a "bang".... it sounded like I had thrown a rock into the undercarriage or something.
Immediately, the car shut itself down and I coasted to the side of the road. There was an approximately 30-foot-long oil slick on the road behind me. At the very beginning of the slick was the chunk of metal in the pic below. Looks like cast aluminum, so a part of the engine, obviously.
There was no cell phone coverage out there, so I had no way to call anyone. Fortunately, Chris and his wife in their 914 were behind me and stopped. But, there was no way they could give me a ride into town in the 914, and we were 10 miles out of the nearest town (Fallbrook) on a narrow, twisty, hilly two-lane rural road.
I climbed a hill with one of the Motorola radios that were passed out to some members of the group, to see if I could get any reception up there. Eventually, one of the guys and his wife on the tour got into radio range and I was able to let him know what was going on. ... everyone else was ahead and had no idea what was going on and there was no way to call them. He gave me a ride into Fallbrook (thanks, Jim!!!!) crammed in the back of his GT3. In Fallbrook, I called AAA, and Jim gave me a ride back to my car.
I had it towed to a shop in Vista, but the gate to their parking lot was was locked since it's a Sunday. However, a short while later, a guy towing a race car on a trailer showed up and had a transponder for the gate, and he let me in so that I could drop the car.
I wrote a note, attached it to my keys, and tossed them through the mail slot on the door, and got a ride back home. So, the car is over there now, in the shop's parking lot.
OK, the car may be toast. But, what do you armchair quarterbacks think blew?
(Note: RMS and IMSB were changed out about 2 years ago (about 19,000 miles ago).
2003, C2, Tip transmission.
Here's the details:
San Diego Region PCA was doing a back-county drive today, through the twisties. There were about 45 cars. The group kept getting split up, and at one point I was in a group of about 5 or 6 cars, and the leader pulled over to check his GPS.
I was stopped next to him on an unpaved area at the side of the road. He then figured he knew which way to go, and took off. Since I was on dirt, I accelerated rather slowly. The second I hit the pavement, I heard a "bang".... it sounded like I had thrown a rock into the undercarriage or something.
Immediately, the car shut itself down and I coasted to the side of the road. There was an approximately 30-foot-long oil slick on the road behind me. At the very beginning of the slick was the chunk of metal in the pic below. Looks like cast aluminum, so a part of the engine, obviously.
There was no cell phone coverage out there, so I had no way to call anyone. Fortunately, Chris and his wife in their 914 were behind me and stopped. But, there was no way they could give me a ride into town in the 914, and we were 10 miles out of the nearest town (Fallbrook) on a narrow, twisty, hilly two-lane rural road.
I climbed a hill with one of the Motorola radios that were passed out to some members of the group, to see if I could get any reception up there. Eventually, one of the guys and his wife on the tour got into radio range and I was able to let him know what was going on. ... everyone else was ahead and had no idea what was going on and there was no way to call them. He gave me a ride into Fallbrook (thanks, Jim!!!!) crammed in the back of his GT3. In Fallbrook, I called AAA, and Jim gave me a ride back to my car.
I had it towed to a shop in Vista, but the gate to their parking lot was was locked since it's a Sunday. However, a short while later, a guy towing a race car on a trailer showed up and had a transponder for the gate, and he let me in so that I could drop the car.
I wrote a note, attached it to my keys, and tossed them through the mail slot on the door, and got a ride back home. So, the car is over there now, in the shop's parking lot.
OK, the car may be toast. But, what do you armchair quarterbacks think blew?
(Note: RMS and IMSB were changed out about 2 years ago (about 19,000 miles ago).
2003, C2, Tip transmission.
11-30-2014, 08:41 PM
#2
Dang, very sorry to hear that Cuda and I hope it isn't as bad as it looks.
11-30-2014, 08:52 PM
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Rocky Mountain High
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Sorry to hear it!
11-30-2014, 08:52 PM
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Yep, exactly. I couldn't have been going much more than 5 mph. As mentioned above, it sounded like a rock, which struck me as odd, since I wasn't even going fast enough to kick up a rock.
11-30-2014, 08:56 PM
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Man what a bummer. Hope they can save it.
11-30-2014, 09:07 PM
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Ouch! Sorry....I know how you feel. At first I thought you might have bottomed out on something but you sump pan looks good and the spewing oil is ahead that. Spun bearing....snapped / broken rod...dunno. When mine went I didn't have oil coming out......just felt a vibration and then a bang bang bang. Did you hear or feel anything outside of the one bang?
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11-30-2014, 09:15 PM
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Three Wheelin'
AOS sits right on top of that area, could it have went out in the blaze of glory?
If that is the only metal piece you found, it could be just a coincidence and it may not be from your car.
If that is the only metal piece you found, it could be just a coincidence and it may not be from your car.
11-30-2014, 09:16 PM
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Bummer...
11-30-2014, 09:21 PM
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AOS was replaced last year. I don't think it would spew all that oil from an AOS. (Isn't the AOS plastic?)
Interestingly, the car eventually stopped leaking at the side of the road. But, by the time the tow truck reached the shop in Vista, the bed was covered in oil.
Ha, yeah, I tried to convince myself that a piece of cast aluminum would just randomly have been sitting at the beginning of my oil slick. Now, I just have to convince myself that if I buy a lottery ticket tomorrow, I will win.
Kalashnikov: AOS sits right on top of that area, could it have went out in the blaze of glory?
If that is the only metal piece you found, it could be just a coincidence and it may not be from your car.
If that is the only metal piece you found, it could be just a coincidence and it may not be from your car.
Interestingly, the car eventually stopped leaking at the side of the road. But, by the time the tow truck reached the shop in Vista, the bed was covered in oil.
Ha, yeah, I tried to convince myself that a piece of cast aluminum would just randomly have been sitting at the beginning of my oil slick. Now, I just have to convince myself that if I buy a lottery ticket tomorrow, I will win.
11-30-2014, 09:32 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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AOS was replaced last year. I don't think it would spew all that oil from an AOS. (Isn't the AOS plastic?)
Interestingly, the car eventually stopped leaking at the side of the road. But, by the time the tow truck reached the shop in Vista, the bed was covered in oil.
Ha, yeah, I tried to convince myself that a piece of cast aluminum would just randomly have been sitting at the beginning of my oil slick. Now, I just have to convince myself that if I buy a lottery ticket tomorrow, I will win.
AOS was replaced last year. I don't think it would spew all that oil from an AOS. (Isn't the AOS plastic?)
Interestingly, the car eventually stopped leaking at the side of the road. But, by the time the tow truck reached the shop in Vista, the bed was covered in oil.
Ha, yeah, I tried to convince myself that a piece of cast aluminum would just randomly have been sitting at the beginning of my oil slick. Now, I just have to convince myself that if I buy a lottery ticket tomorrow, I will win.
