Help please, I blew my motor and need to plan the rebuild

I hesitate to use the phrase, but that is good news because you now have a definitive cause and can build to avoid it. Originally Posted by SurfDog So I

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Help please, I blew my motor and need to plan the rebuild

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06-08-2017, 05:19 AM

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I hesitate to use the phrase, but that is good news because you now have a definitive cause and can build to avoid it.

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Originally Posted by SurfDog

So I have the verdict on what killed the motor.

It was...........

Yup Suspect #2. The oil gallery gasket causing loss of pressure on the aft bearing.

Also found a pending fail of the head gasket

The OEM oil pump was still hanging tough.

So there we have have it.

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