Technical Leg out of bed.

[VmanC]

Replaced an engine in a Mk2 4x4 a couple of months ago and thought you all may be interested to see why..........







I have no idea why the conrod failed and punched a hole through the block, at first I thought the owner may have ran the engine dry of oil but there was still some in the sump.

FIRE engines are supposed to be good for 250k + and until this my experience of them certainly supports that claim.

Would you believe this engine still started and ran!!! Not enough power to actually move the car though.

 

[firstcar-Y10]

Wow, that's very broken!

 

[Freebo]

My god. I'm more shocked it still ran!

 

[VmanC]

I think that what probably happened was that the big end gave up first, either the bolts snapped or came undone, the engine may have been rebuilt by a previous owner as I can't believe the robots would have done anything wrong. . The loose conrod then wedged between the crank and block causing the conrod to snap and the block to - well you can see what happened.

 

[Dragon Man]

wow! i have tried to pop engines before all stupidly high miles +200k but never had this happen. that is impressive.

im not too shocked that it still ran to be fair.. a panda will drive on 2 cylinders



i bet you have loads, but you know if you need any engines, i have 2.. both 4x4's.

 

[dragonwagon]

Never managed to blow up a fire - did manage to thoroughly kill a 903 once.

Probably the most resilient engine I have ever seen was a Citroen DS21 unit that lost its water somewhere between Stirling and Trawsfynydd, yet drove home perfectly well without any sign of distress...however it locked solid two days later!

 

[Bartpanda]

Impressive :devil: Have never seen a fire with the leg out. But I also have my contribution to the "kill spread" of the fiat engines. This is a piece of block of my fiat 128 coupe revvy 1300 ohc lampredi. Blue hammereite did not save him at nearly 9000 rpm

Have saved this piece of engine, I am sentimental Inside the green circle is a visible mark, where conrod has hit the block

 

[Didge3]

I didn't think the 999cc had enough power to break itself like that
Must've been a rebuild by a previous owner surely?!

 

[pandamaniac]

Nah
As a Fix It Again Tomorrow artiste he just hit it with a big hammer when it stopped working.
Wonder if his name was Jim?
Dave

 

[Dragon Man]

yeah, i thought the same thing.. wonder if some one had been inside before. maybe not torqued up the bottom end cap bolts enough?

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

That is an impressive failure IMO