Smuggler 0 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Ok, driving along for about 7 - 8 miles and car decided to throw a couple of rod bearings and burnt most if not all of it's oil somehow. I know this from the noise the engine was making and the sudden smoke out the exhaust. This all happened in the space of a minute or two, so i'm thinking something failed. I know my radiator fan has been playing up, but would that have caused this if the fan wasn't running, surely not over such a short distance?I know oil coolers are a common problem on these, but again could it of caused something this bad?I'm not even going to bother stripping the engine down, just going to replace it as i'm fairly certain more damage has been caused than just bearings, the car won't even start now, and it would be a lot cheaper also. Link to post Share on other sites
jaysVR6 2 Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Oil Pump? Link to post Share on other sites
Smuggler 0 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Does sound likely, although the head gasket had just gone on thursday, but still that was too quick to burn all its oil like that. I'll wait until I change the engine and then i'll strip it and find out what went wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 de-ja-vo ! the same thing happend to me last week, went and got a replacment lump todaywith is being fitted tomorrow so when the old ones out im wanting to strip it down and findthe cause.What noise did yours make? mine was like a metal hamer hitting the side of the block in time with the rpmalso the oil temp shot up just before the noise started and i lost power.best of luck! Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard Racing 0 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Tonk one of your big ends has gone, you will find a slither of a big end shell left in the rod! New crank and rods mate if you want to rebuild it. I saw 128 on the oil temp when mine let go a few years ago. Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 funny thing is shold i have been able to drive 8 more miles after the noise started?i had no way of getting it home so i thought f@ck it if its had it its had it so i waited for it to cooldown and went for it. was fine if i did'nt go over 1200rpm Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard Racing 0 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 I did a couple of miles when mine went and did the same as you with the revs. The crank and big end surfaces are very hard so the damage is difficult to see at first, but you can bet that the big end will have gone black with the heat. Link to post Share on other sites
vr6newcomer 1 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 how much did you get your new engine for? Link to post Share on other sites
tonk 0 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 £300 89k miles + i got go see it running. Link to post Share on other sites
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