Motor Blew
Originally Posted by SwiftEVO
Yea I rinsed it out with water after drilling it. Im thinking it might be clogged as well. I will have to work on it today.
--Josh
--Josh
Glad to see that it was not Mark's tune. But now I know what my next purchase will be... AFR guage
The piston probably didnt hit the spark plug, My guess is your car leaned out so much that the spark plugs disinigrated due to heat and probably cracked a piston or the rings/landings.
In my case the alky was telling me it was armed and spraying but was actually doing nothing, which lead to egine failure.
In my case the alky was telling me it was armed and spraying but was actually doing nothing, which lead to egine failure.
Originally Posted by Monkey
it was me. I secretly drove out to Lubbock and put a tampon in your alky tank out of jealousness for your numbers.
Glad to see that it was not Mark's tune. But now I know what my next purchase will be... AFR guage
Glad to see that it was not Mark's tune. But now I know what my next purchase will be... AFR guage
Originally Posted by Monkey
it was me. I secretly drove out to Lubbock and put a tampon in your alky tank out of jealousness for your numbers.
Glad to see that it was not Mark's tune. But now I know what my next purchase will be... AFR guage
Glad to see that it was not Mark's tune. But now I know what my next purchase will be... AFR guage
I have a wideband I just took it out for the tune and hadnt put it back in yet.
The plug wasnt melted. You could see where something had hit it down onto the ceramic and broke it. In this case it was a chunk of piston.
--Josh
Originally Posted by Monkey
it was me. I secretly drove out to Lubbock and put a tampon in your alky tank out of jealousness for your numbers.
Glad to see that it was not Mark's tune. But now I know what my next purchase will be... AFR guage
Glad to see that it was not Mark's tune. But now I know what my next purchase will be... AFR guage
Unfortunately, even with an afr gauge .. it wouldnt of helped. It happens sooo quick, the damage was done before he could even get a reading as to how lean it was. Forged pistons wouldnt of cracked like the stock one ... and maybe he would of caught it in time with a AFR gauge .. but those stock pistons are very prone to cracking on the top with something like that happening.
Think about it .. with that pump not working he was prob high 12's afr .. and 28 lbs with that much cylinder pressure .. bad things happen
Mark
turbotrix
Originally Posted by TurbotrixRacing
Unfortunately, even with an afr gauge .. it wouldnt of helped. It happens sooo quick, the damage was done before he could even get a reading as to how lean it was. Forged pistons wouldnt of cracked like the stock one ... and maybe he would of caught it in time with a AFR gauge .. but those stock pistons are very prone to cracking on the top with something like that happening.
Think about it .. with that pump not working he was prob high 12's afr .. and 28 lbs with that much cylinder pressure .. bad things happen
Mark
turbotrix
Think about it .. with that pump not working he was prob high 12's afr .. and 28 lbs with that much cylinder pressure .. bad things happen
Mark
turbotrix
Originally Posted by SwiftEVO
I am in no way implying that Marks tune was wrong. It is badass and he knows his ****. Thanks for making so much power with my car bro.
Well, last night my motor blew up. I just got tuned in Dallas not to long ago. I need some help trying to figure out what made it happen.
I have a 3076 with alky kit, with supporting mods.
Now whats weird is that everything seemed mechanically fine. Like alky was spraying. And it seemed as if it was to rich. I filled my alky before I left the house. And the first time I got on it it blew at about 6k in 3rd gear. I check my alky level and it had aready used a lot of alky. More than I would think that it would use. Can being too rich make a car knock and break a rod?
My second piston came up and hit my spark plug and broke it off. Im going to pull the head tonight. Is there anything in particuler that I need to look for?
Well any input would be great.
--Josh
Well, last night my motor blew up. I just got tuned in Dallas not to long ago. I need some help trying to figure out what made it happen.
I have a 3076 with alky kit, with supporting mods.
Now whats weird is that everything seemed mechanically fine. Like alky was spraying. And it seemed as if it was to rich. I filled my alky before I left the house. And the first time I got on it it blew at about 6k in 3rd gear. I check my alky level and it had aready used a lot of alky. More than I would think that it would use. Can being too rich make a car knock and break a rod?
My second piston came up and hit my spark plug and broke it off. Im going to pull the head tonight. Is there anything in particuler that I need to look for?
Well any input would be great.
--Josh
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so you drilled for a low level light then re-filled it and went? reason i ask is cause you need to bleed the system lots of times after you run them low...prolly what happened. I bet you broke the top of the piston...my alky box took a crap months after install....we rebuilt the car overnight and all was well...i got lucky enough to blow the piston chunk to pieces and only bend two valves and had some goodies lyin around. We didn't damage the head bad or the turbo.
Dave
Dave
i was just with josh working on his car and we've narrowed it down to the pump, we took it apart and the center peice that spins to make the pump run isn't centered or something like that, i'm sure he will be on later and he can explain it better
Originally Posted by evodave
so you drilled for a low level light then re-filled it and went? reason i ask is cause you need to bleed the system lots of times after you run them low...prolly what happened. I bet you broke the top of the piston...my alky box took a crap months after install....we rebuilt the car overnight and all was well...i got lucky enough to blow the piston chunk to pieces and only bend two valves and had some goodies lyin around. We didn't damage the head bad or the turbo.
Dave
Dave
I took it apart last night and it is the pump. It had seized up. There are no clogs in the lines anywhere.
Well the pump itself didnt seize. Its where the propeller is. Somehow it started wobbling. Here I will just post a crappy video of it. Video
--Josh
