Friend just sent me this video, not my car, thank God cuz it doesn't look good. But does anyone know what is wrong here?

 

looks like crankwalk but don't think that one can move whole crank with screwdriver that easy

broken crank maby ?

 

Serious Crank Walk

 

Looks like your thrust washers are bad or not in there at all.

 

I had no idea Evo VIII's crank walk also! Well I guess any car can but it's not common?

 

Probably a broken crank. That looks rough.

 

Sucks. I'll let him know what you guys think

 

Crank was broken. What could cause that?

 

Cranks do break. Vibration over a long period of time can cause the metal to fracture. On the the stock engine the harmonic balancer on one end of the crank and the flywheel/clutch assembly on the other end absorb some of this vibration. Few Evos are stock.