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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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broken crank:S?

Soooo i brought my car to the garage for this odd noise ive been hearing for a while. Turns out i drive the car later and the noise gets really loud and is best described as a broken crank. :S crank is broken in two pieces. Dont know what couldve caused this any suggestions i know some more info is needed just ask!
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 01:03 AM
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Broken crank and still driving? not really possible.
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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How about bent rod or spun bearing?

I've never heard of anyone breaking a crank.. I mean I've seen people spin bearings and damaged them so they need to be replaced..
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 02:08 AM
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It's hard to give you specific advice because of what the other posters already said. There's no way to know for sure until you pull and disassemble the block (or was this done already? In which case, it becomes obvious what to do)
Best case scenario for what you described, it needs new crank and bearings, possibly/might as well replace rods and pistons and hardware along with it.
Due to the fact that it was having problems and you kept driving it anyway, it is probably worse, and you may as well do a full build.
Depending on the severity of the damage, if little metal pieces went where, how far out of wack your pistons moved, there is a good chance your cylinder walls are messed up, and this means the only way to fix it, assuming your block is not more severely damaged, is to bore it over enough to have clean new cylinder walls.
Since you are replacing the crank anyway, you may also consider a stroker in your rebuild, depending on the type of driving you do.
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 05:33 AM
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I'm currently looking for a shortblock as we speak. Thing is i would like to know what caused this. I think its probably when the garage messed with the timing on the car or when i kept having to get my AC installed and un installed. The problem must've stemmed from one of them because thats the only issues ive had with this car ever really
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 06:34 AM
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Low oil pressure is a very common cause for a spun bearing.
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