#3 cylinder must have been loaded with a frag grenade
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April 13, 2004 12:36 am UTC
April 13, 2004 12:36 am UTC
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Jordan Markwith
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I had my engine just rebuilt 12000kms ago. On sat. while crusing at a good old 80kms on the highway my timing belt decided to play chainsaw an cut through the upper and lower belt cover. I removed the walve cover to find rockers in odd places and pretty much all my valves bent. Hey that fairly normal, but what wasn't was when i went take out all the plugs #3 was hard as ever. It felt like It had been crossthreaded in there, as soon as i got it out i realized the problem. melted to the sparkplug is another spark plugs worth of metal and a bit of ring attached to that. looking into the cylinder with a light i can see lots and lots of metal fragments. The total damage will be known after the head is removed.  I love my talon 
1990 tsi awd- Big 16g fully ported, k&N, 2g mani, mbc@18psi, 255 pump, 3" turbo back exhaust no cat, hks turbo timer, datalogger, autometer a/f boost, unorthodox underdrive pully, big fmic, safc 2, JE 9:1 pistons, b/s removed, safc-2, 550cc's, 2g mas
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Re: #3 cylinder must have been loaded with a frag grenade
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April 13, 2004 02:46 am UTC
April 13, 2004 02:46 am UTC
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Trenton, On, Canada.
Ghislain Goudreau
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Ouch.
I feel your pain but always get excited when I hear about "schrapnell".
Post some pics for all to see.
Ghislain.
Rouge!!!
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Re: #3 cylinder must have been loaded with a frag grenade
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April 13, 2004 01:32 pm UTC
April 13, 2004 01:32 pm UTC
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Noah Wiles
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Look at it on the positive side, you can build that engine up even better now!
1997 Eagle Talon TSi - JDM 6 bolt = SOLD!
2008 Mistubishi Lancer GTS
2008 Chevy Equinox
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Re: #3 cylinder must have been loaded with a frag grenade
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April 14, 2004 07:05 am UTC
April 14, 2004 07:05 am UTC
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Ottawa, Ontario
Scotty Williams
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How did the belt go through the covers? Did the cams come loose?
1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD
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Re: #3 cylinder must have been loaded with a frag grenade
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April 14, 2004 08:59 pm UTC
April 14, 2004 08:59 pm UTC
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Jordan Markwith
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It looks as if the belt slowly shifted and then eventually got to the covers and melted through them in 10mins. I had just had the hood open before I left my house and didn't see anything out of the ordanary as of now I belive the tension was off that plus a little oil had spilled over while i was topping it up and made its way over to the belt? Just assumptions cant really tell considering everything under the hood is now covered in oil, (dont know where it came from yet). I should have the head off in a day or two and get a real analysis of the situation.
1990 tsi awd- Big 16g fully ported, k&N, 2g mani, mbc@18psi, 255 pump, 3" turbo back exhaust no cat, hks turbo timer, datalogger, autometer a/f boost, unorthodox underdrive pully, big fmic, safc 2, JE 9:1 pistons, b/s removed, safc-2, 550cc's, 2g mas
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Re: #3 cylinder must have been loaded with a frag grenade
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April 16, 2004 08:03 pm UTC
April 16, 2004 08:03 pm UTC
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London, Ontario
Jon Arnett
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When I had a mechanic do my tbelt, he didn't tension it properly, and it ended up chewing through the cover. I caught it just before it let go...
The next tbelt job I needed was done with my own hands, and I made sure it was done properly.
*2002 Porsche 911 Silver
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