I'd like to have anyone who has had an engine failure post here. Please fill in the poll too.
What I am looking for is the cause of the failure, not who is to blame. I want to compile the data so people can see at a glance what is a common problem.



1,engine failed from bad tune on an aftermarket ecu

2,engine failed from bad tune / flash

3,engine failed from mechanical, not related to tune

4,cylinder # 1,2,3 or 4

 

You should also put 03, 04, or 05 up there.

Even though very little difference between the years with the engine format, it does point out a difference in the manufacture or something else i.e., mistu employee moral, training statuses, crap like that

 

some one else already tried this......

 

you know I had a vague idea there might be an original to this sequel.
thanks for putting your input nevertheless

 

hit it.

 

hmmmmm only 6 blown engines ?

 

back up

 

most of the time it comes down to the tuner or owner running too much boost

 

I vote ignorance or stupidity?

Sorry I watched a kid run 30psi on stock 1g and he wondered why his spark plugs melted and engine blew up? this is what im talking about.....

 

ok, so far eleven owners have responded, anyone else?

 

more sad stories please

 

hey how do you know it was a bad tune? 5 says bad tune

 

I can't really answer the poll since it was never decided what caused my number 1 cylinder to spin a bearing. Tune looked good, oil looked fine, I didn't have a WBo2 so I don't know what my AFR was at when it finally went.

 

nrcooled, could your failure have been a mechanical problem not relataed to a misused tune?

that is good data to have though, I should have given a selection just for mechanical cylinder number too.

yes, please feel free to post your particulars.

 

sesso,
in some cases the owner/tuner knows what happened or figures it out based on what the damage was.
of course if a car is stock, pretty sure that is a mechanical problem.