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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 03:15 PM
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rod broke and went through the block?
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by sigma pi
rod broke and went through the block?
That's definitely what made the hole in the block, but it looks like the rod broke either from a piston or a bearing seizing up... everything else went downhill from there. 2 valves also broke and definitely hit the pistons, but its hard to say what cracked first... the chicken or the egg

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How much oil was left in the motor when it came off the track?
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 03:35 PM
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How much oil was left in the motor when it came off the track?
Not much... I think he left most of it on the track and all over the engine bay.

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That's definitely what made the hole in the block, but it looks like the rod broke either from a piston or a bearing seizing up... everything else went downhill from there. 2 valves also broke and definitely hit the pistons, but its hard to say what cracked first... the chicken or the egg

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i think the grenade that set this explosion off was first
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Not much... I think he left most of it on the track and all over the engine bay.

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cleaning is teh worst most tedious part
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i think the grenade that set this explosion off was first
who stuffed that pesky grenade in there anyway?
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cleaning is teh worst most tedious part
Nothing a good pressure washing won't take care off.

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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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All that damage and the stock *weak* oil pickup didn't explode, thats awesome!
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cleaning is teh worst most tedious part

No ****...at least it's fresh oil and not that crap that a 200k mile car accumulates...oil, dirt, dead bugs/birds, etc.
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Originally Posted by EQ Tuning
Nothing a good pressure washing won't take care off.

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Ooooo...watch out for CAL EPA...they are *******s.
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 03:55 PM
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who stuffed that pesky grenade in there anyway?
i saw a corner marshal
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Nothing a good pressure washing won't take care off.

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bah its oil you have to put detergent in
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No ****...at least it's fresh oil and not that crap that a 200k mile car accumulates...oil, dirt, dead bugs/birds, etc.
yeah mine had a flatened monster can
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Ooooo...watch out for CAL EPA...they are *******s.
yeah they are nuts!
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul@dbtuned
Ooooo...watch out for CAL EPA...they are *******s.
Of course, we collect all runoff when washing an engine bay

-- Ed
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