On Thursday night i was crusing with friends; i will be the first to admit that i was giving the car some curry. The engine finally had eneough and some part within the engine decided the sump wasn't where it belonged. it broke free spewing all the oil out of the car; thus turning it into a rolling smoke machine. Its gona be a hard lesson; I bought this car with my own money and have only had my p's for 7 days when it happened. :( from the looks of things I'm gona have to buy a new engine. with my own money; luckily i have some coin in the bank; although its for my schoolies. :) sad thing is the one i blew only had 115000km's on it. only good thing to come out of it was that i got a free tow home by RACQ something to do with 10km free tow when u sign up. :) anyways the damage is shown below. u can't see the second hole in the sump cus i can't get the camera in there, but it is about the same size as the one shown. holes are about the size of a 50 cent piece.

 

 

Anyone seen anything like this before?

Edited October 3, 200916 yr by Crowie55

yea engines tend to do that, havent seen it through the sump before though

number 4 conrod looks to have parted company with piston, mite be good time to upgrade to 5k?

number 4 conrod looks to have parted company with piston, mite be good time to upgrade to 5k?

 

indeed, although my father likes to think otherwise. :)

Does anyone know of a rough price of a second hand 4k and/or 5k. just the engine.

in adelaide from a wrecker u looking at round 500bux.

From ANYWHERE else though, expect to pay no more than one carton of beer. Two if its been degreased and has a shiny rocker cover.

u pull it sell em for around the $300 mark, thats where mate got my 5k from

ur on the coast hey brew? me cruz and me cud maybe get u a 4k 4 50

Edited October 3, 200916 yr by Roo

ur on the coast hey brew? me cruz and me cud maybe get u a 4k 4 50

 

yeah I'm on the coast (Ashmore) I may be interested if it is in good condition; although I must wait on the verdict form the mechanic.

haha good effort.

I had a rod shoot through the block on my old 4k.

Was on the inside lane of the freeway when it happened to.

yeah I'm on the coast (Ashmore) I may be interested if it is in good condition; although I must wait on the verdict form the mechanic.

By the time you buy all the bits and have the crank ground and bore and hone the block if need you could be in the $,000.00"s go with the 4 k and get the number changed on the rego, take a weekend to swap it over with a mate every thing same bolt in fit.

By the time you buy all the bits and have the crank ground and bore and hone the block if need you could be in the $,000.00"s go with the 4 k and get the number changed on the rego, take a weekend to swap it over with a mate every thing same bolt in fit.

 

Yea I agree, really just want to get back onto the road; not having my rolla is like Asian water torture. Just bolting up another 4k and changing the numbers over is the cheapest and easiest option.

i got a 4k, but my mate might want it so not sure will ask him

 

if you go the rebuilding route i got a spare crank/block you can have for free got new big end bearings and shit too you can have

 

I'm in elanora near palm beach

I reckon you should find all the bits you can and rebuild it.... nothing like a bit of repair work to teach you how it all works...

 

Robert.