Big Duck
Seasoned Member
Had the rod bearings go out on my XLR-V and put in a new factory engine. Is it worth keeping the original? Lots of sparkles in the oil.
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Had the rod bearings go out on my XLR-V and put in a new factory engine. Is it worth keeping the original? Lots of sparkles in the oil.
What was the cause of failure?
Had the rod bearings go out on my XLR-V and put in a new factory engine. Is it worth keeping the original? Lots of sparkles in the oil.
I'll go out on a limb here, Mike, and guess that it likely was the "sparkles".
Sorry for that. Nothin' going on here X4 the boring Pro Bowl, and watching the snow start to accumulate.
Thanks for that Tim, I'm sure I'd of never figured that out ..I suppose yours is resting for the winter out there in the mountains?
I just purchased the car with 9601 miles on it [2008 XLR-V] and at 10100 the rod bearings shredded. Upon inspection, several of the rod bottom ends have about 1/8th" of play to them and the oil pan is coated with "sparkling sand" there also was a audible knocking sound before its removal.
I found a new factory crate engine w/supercharger and swapped it out. Runs like a turpentined cat!!
Do not have any idea what happened to the car previous to my ownership. It is so clean it appeared to have never driven through as much as a puddle. The AAA appraiser [totally independent of seller] said that it is one of the cleanest cars he has seen. Still has the plastic on the carpets.
Cost 8K to fix.
OUCH! Hope you really bought It right.
Just had to bite the bullet.