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Originally Posted by vwnate1
My guy called today and says a connecting rod let go and broke the cylinder block .
Now I have to see what's what with the engine Rich offered .
Stand by .
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So, what’s the typical root cause of this? A bad bearing that then beats the rod mounting points into oblivion until it breaks? I can’t imagine it broke the rod.
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