So This Happened This Morning: Catastrophic Engine Failure In Dramatic Fashion
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Those are the oil pan bolts.
Man that sucks. Hopefully you can get back on the road soon. The bright side is that this didn't happen on the highway during heavy traffic where more damage could've been done to you and others. Also as others mentioned, it would be a good time to address any upgrades you might wanna do. I guess we're all lucky that replacement n54 motors are plenty and relatively affordable. Unfortunately I can't say the same about my Porsche.
I guess your misfortune will bring on more salivation from us in anticipation of what's next.
I guess your misfortune will bring on more salivation from us in anticipation of what's next.
N54, it is too easy and it makes too much power to justify anything else, besides I have all the oem and bolt-on components for it.
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Woah nuts! Glad you're okay! I remember doing something similar to my old car .. but I didn't have the expertise or time to do the whole engine swap.. someone offered me enough money for the car minus the engine for me to sell it right away and buy myself an evo Too bad the police were hassling me too much for a STOCK on the outside red car.. so I've moved along to my E60.
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Wow that is crazy! Sorry to hear about this. Check your DME and see if you have any transistor shorts. I've seen people with injector related misfires that isn't due to a bad injector or coil or plug: Repairing a 'fried' N54 MSD80 DME
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Wow that is crazy! Sorry to hear about this. Check your DME and see if you have any transistor shorts. I've seen people with injector related misfires that isn't due to a bad injector or coil or plug: Repairing a 'fried' N54 MSD80 DME
Didn't get the turbos off yet but removed some other items, slow and steady as I am making sure to clean and store everything properly so there are no surprises when it is time to reinstall.
The 3 logs I took shortly before are attached, if you prefer Datazap:
datazap.me | ucsbwsr | Boom Goes The Dynamite
Evan
This will be the new look for a couple weeks
Protected the fender with tape, the first fender came out a little rough
...got my sh1t together for the second fender
Fuel system removed, electrical wiring harness mostly removed.
Notice something wrong?
This was about 1 inch away from the HPFP hardline
Daylight! This upper driver side damage was the least out of the other 3 sides, it was just the most visible as I had removed most of the top-side engine components.
Part are piling up
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In your last log you overrevved to at least 7100 RPM. At the same time, you were under WOT and full load and your bank 2 AFR was 16.4 which is way too high, bank 1 is ok. It looks like something happened then.
Send any oil you have for oil analysis. I'd suspect you may have some fuel mixed in.
Send any oil you have for oil analysis. I'd suspect you may have some fuel mixed in.
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In your last log you overrevved to at least 7100 RPM. At the same time, you were under WOT and full load and your bank 2 AFR was 16.4 which is way too high, bank 1 is ok. It looks like something happened then.
Send any oil you have for oil analysis. I'd suspect you may have some fuel mixed in.
Send any oil you have for oil analysis. I'd suspect you may have some fuel mixed in.
How much oil is needed for an analysis, I just pulled my turbos a might be able to gather some if I only need a few drops, most was lost when the engine blew.
No Meth, No NOS, I was running 91oct with E85 for roughly an E35 blend, I think it is ~6gal of E85 in an 18.5gal tank.
Evan