No, i didnt blow up the engine in my eclipse! Here are some pics of Chris's("cms" on here) engine, after what seems to be a spun rod bearing from low oil, and it decided to take a little vacation away from the block lol.. I had a spare motor sitting in my garage, so i did a swap this past week. It now runs like it used to at 7-8 psi on a Hahn kit. I thought you guys would enjoy the carnage pics..sure did a number on the block!

Chunk of block in front of the starter-


Damage to the starter..it was siezed from the indentation of the impact-


Back of the block, a good size chunk of bedplate broke..this is how it looked before i even touched it or took anything apart-


The rod in the middle, cylinder 3, is twisted about 45 degrees, and you can see the bare journal of the missing cylinder 4 rod-


Pic of the chunk of bedplate after i removed the broken part-


The biggest chunks of rod and piston pin, and a little block. The rod and piston pin were just sitting on the rear crossmember..


The oil pan...what a mess. Lots of goodies in there, and a few decent holes in the bottom..



The entire upper part of the piston is still in tact, just sheared off at the wrist pin, so i'm hoping the head is ok, just a few bent valves..havent taken it off yet to see though.. Overall, it trashed the block, the starter, the oil pan, and bent one block-to-trans support bracket. Everything else survived.

Just a friendly reminder, check your oil!

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-2000 Honda CR-V(daily)

Jesus fucking christ, that motor truly grenaded.

Jason|1997 Eclipse RS

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Ouch. I had no idea a bedplate would do that, the magnitude of the forces at work is just amazing.

Beware of not just the level of your oil, but the condition of it too. I just dropped the pan of a 2g I'm trying to restore, and it had a few metal shavings in the oil tube pickup and on the bottom of the pan. I drained almost 5 quarts of oil before I dropped the pan. The thing is, the oil was pitch black with swirls of white - looked like very old oil mixed with coolant.

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wow, thats pretty crazy. im sure it sounded nice when it happened :o

the thread title made me cringe before i clicked it...

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Sure it was low oil? Usually that kills rod #1 first, not #4...

Greg

'19 Genesis G70 3.3t AWD
'88 Chrysler Conquest TSI

I've seen worse.. =)

I had no idea Chris still had his eclipse. I thought he sold it years ago when he got that bike?

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Yeah it was low oil...he said it was at least 2+ quarts low when he started to hear slight knocking..The rod bearing for number 3 looked fine to me though. That engine must have been knockin for miles lol..When i first looked at it, i only saw the hole in the block behind the starter. When i was tearing it apart to pull the motor, i saw the back bedbplate, and was like holy shit! A chunk of engine part must have hit or got wedged between the #3 piston/rod/crank to twist the rod. It was pretty cool, the wrist pin and rod were just chillin on the back crossmember by the steering shaft.

I have very little time anymore to work on my own cars..between the house, girlfriend, work, and friend's cars, not much left..the Laser isnt even ready to race in the SO this year..at least i'll be driving it there.

13.5 @108 MPH-2.2 60ft(stupid FWD!)
S16G @ 18 PSI/FMIC/Running on MegaSquirt II (Now with sequential
fuel injection)
My webpage: http://eclipsed4evr.home.comcast.net
-1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS-T- "Toy"
-1992 Plymouth Laser Turbo AWD(SOLD)
-2000 Honda CR-V(daily)

Greg

'19 Genesis G70 3.3t AWD
'88 Chrysler Conquest TSI

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I check my car often. People bitch at me because i never leave it alone. I check my oil atleast twice a day. I check for new spots in the driveway.... That sort of thing. I'd have a heart attack and shit myself if i blew my motor like that.

Oh, and i take it those are stock rods and pistons that went to shit?

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I was driving my chicks jeep the other day, and I noticed her oil pressure was low. I pull over at a nappa and check it. Hardly reading any in the dipstick like almost nothing. Her engine was a few days from saying good buy to this cruel world. Is it really that hard to check oil every other gas fill up.

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'19 Genesis G70 3.3t AWD
'88 Chrysler Conquest TSI

I haven't seen damage like that since I pulled the VQ out of my Z. It was like that, on three cylinders!

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happy p'ple

PM'd ya!

Greg

'19 Genesis G70 3.3t AWD
'88 Chrysler Conquest TSI