project89

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just for fun lets post up crap u have blown up in ur v6 powered f-body

ill start with this

shattered flexplate after installing my turbo


i'll have to dig out the pictures of my old toasted 2.8 as well

post up what u got

transamrob86

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Blew both head gaskets and spun a main and rod bearing..........

firebird1992

OMG what is all that stuff in the engine?

transamrob86

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That is what you would call dried sludge. The guy before me used cheap oil (probably quakerjunk) and it just gummed up over time.

firebird1992

HOLY **** but that crazy it's like wet cement oo man that poor motor

project89

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thats what happenes when u dont change ur oil when ur supposed to,

lol so remember what the inside of that motor looks liek when u want to put off ur oil changes

project89

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this is my motor with over 200k miles on it
the rust in the cyls is form me removing the one head off the motor and it being outside for 2 weeks, motor was being pulled anyway.



^^ beat the living **** out of that motor but it looks great on the inside
changed the oil every 1,500-2k miles and used castrol 20-40 or castrol straight 50 wieght

Maverick H1L

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This is what happens when your car:

1. Has no air dam and is primarily driven during the hot summer months.
2. Has not had the oil changed in a while before new owner decides to take care of it.
3. Had the oil changed with wrong weight (oops!) because there were no indicators as to what weight oil went into the engine.
4. Has had a tiny bolt nobody has seen before dropped into the #6 cylinder.

This was the #4 piston in my 2.8 back in '04. The engine had been on its way out for a while as a result of constant overheating due to PO knocking/removing 99% of the front air dam off, and tons of crap (but not anywhere near as much as in the pic above) in the lifter valley. When the engine blew, I ran it for 3 seconds before finding out what the HEAVY knocking noise was. Too bad I don't have a pic of the block and oil pan... This bugger blew a 1" x 2.5" hole in the lower edge of the block and oil pan, knocking out the dipstick tube mount. I still have the dipstick and tube as well, along with the lifters I removed. Wish I had kept the pass side exhaust manifold and cylinder heads, though.

:edit: Forgot to mention this was sticking 1/8" out of the cylinder and the crank was locked up tight until this was removed. You may not be able to tell in the pic, but some parts of the piston skirt are missing as well. Don't know where the other piece of the con rod went, though... I had 3 pieces in the garage as keepers, and left the other in the oil pan.

AM91Camaro_RS

Here's what detonation will do...



sorry that they're a little fuzzy. took them with my phone