Motor swap carnage
 

So steve and I got into the seccond swap tonight. just a Z6 into a Del sol.

The kid said that he had a spun bearing. He didn't know anything about the history of the car. he just said that it wouldn't start, he changed oil and plugs and it started up with the knock.

we changed the oil and found metal in the drained oil, so we were hoping for something good when we pulled the pan.

This is what we found.

http://www.-------------------------.../badmotor1.jpg

http://www.-------------------------.../badmotor2.jpg

http://www.-------------------------.../badmotor3.jpg

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did he buy that car with the jacked up engine or someting?

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he said that he knew there was "something" wrong with it.

He bought it without looking under the hood b/c the latch was broken. I don't know what he payed for it, but I hope not much.

The body looked okay, but the engine bay looked like it was a flood vehicle. corosion over everything, and everything was rusted to hell.

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So whats gonna happen?

This motor got yanked in favour of a z6?

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Yankd and my old Z6 put in it. That was just the motor that we pulled out.

There where no signs of a turbo or notrous kit on the car. So I am not sure what the deal was.

He said that he had an oil light and a CEL. The oil thing was obviously caused by the girdle being destroyed. The hole in the block was right behind the PS pump, so it was hard to see on the initial inspection.

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You mean behind the power steering pump. :P


This car sounded nasty, and when it was time to pull the pan it didn't let us down. More parts for the KArnAg3 bucket. I was impressed for an all motor stock z6.

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you had to take the oil pan off to notice the penny sized hole behind the a/c bracket?

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HOLY ---- I have never seen a honda rod that messed up
that thing looks like it got melted

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WOW, what do you guys think caused this? oil starvation? water in the oil?

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he said flood so im assuming water in the engine

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yeah, that's pretty much how my hydrolocked b18 looked. twisted/snapped rod, hole in front and back of #1, but the holes were much bigger :P

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http://www.-------------------------.../badmotor2.jpg


If you tilt your head to the left, close one eye, and snort 3 grams of PCP that sort of looks like the virgin mary. It must be the work of god put it on ebay and get rich.

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really? i'm on meth and it kind of looks like satan :-\

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30 grand, not bad. that rod is fucked up

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It took me a few minutes to realize that the black part stuck to the rod is the rod cap... daaaamn!

Stan

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It's hard to beleive that's the car I heard running just a couple days ago... Not running well, but the ---- started up and banged a whole lot. So much for have a z6 block to rebuild steve... oh well... just junk it over by the junkyard, I'll come over and we can toss it from a moving van ::)

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I am not sure that it was a flood vehicle, but the entire engine bay looked like it was covered in water.

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oh wow, I've never seen an engine mangle a rod that bad before.

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wow reminds me of my old turbo z6 execpt i didnt have a rod to show for it cause it blew the bitch all over the free way and knocked holes in the front and back and left the oil pan justa hangin.