Engine Damage Triage
Ok. Now that the engine is completely apart, the full scope of the damage is clear and next steps can be planned out.
Here you can see that the bearings are all worn, and the #1 conrod. journal is roasted. Remember that this is an engine with less than 5000 miles on it since the bottom end rebuild.
For good measure, here is a closeup of the burned journal, then one of the main bearings ( #1 on L).
This is what the conrod bearings looked like (#1 on L).
The block and crank are now at a local machine shop getting cleaned up. The block is fine, but I need to wait and hear if the crank is salvageable, or if I need to buy a good used one. I also had some preliminary discussion about replacing the conrods with something that can survive turbo HP, and that is looking like it will have an OUCH price tag of around $1500 for the set of 4.
Jose
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