^^^ my dad taught me that when I was young! I would say that is one of his pet peeves too.
And ,no I'm not trying to call you old, Wade!
And ,no I'm not trying to call you old, Wade!
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How Many Engines have you Broke?
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Blew up my first motor, a couple of months after I first got my drivers liscence. My friend talked me into taking my dad's 1981 olds cutlass cruiser into the next town lookin for some girls. For whatever reason , one of the pistons in the 231 v6 got a hole blown through the top of it. Dad was pissed. But, a week later he gave me a personal loan to buy my 79 k5 Cheyenne, that I still have .
Yeah.
22r in a Toyota pickup,395000 miles,lost the head gasket ,wasn't too far from home and was still running,pushed it a little to far got really hot,died about 400feet from the shop door
I can't remember for sure. I believe 2.
I built a 350 that originally went 260,000 miles in my Dad's '72 C10. Apparently the guy that did the heads for me was a hack, and I also may have gotten wrong valve springs. Anyway, after maybe 6K miles, it broke another valve spring while I was driving back from Casper, WY. I was young and dumb, in a desolate area of Colorado, kept going and it went through a piston.
The 2nd wasn't really my fault! I swear!
3406E Cat, in my old heavy wrecker. It had 300K on it when we built the glider. It also had LOTS of over speed codes. The boss didn't worry about it since it ran good. It went 40K more and spit a piece out of one of the exhaust valves, out through the turbo and then a funny squeak. The piece was maybe an 1/8" wide, so not only did the engine have a miss, the small slice in the valve made the squeak, or whistle. No cell service, no clear radio comms. A local driver came by an called the boss for me when he got into the valley. So 2 more wreckers had to come out, one for mine, one for the truck that I hooked. Bad day when you have to pull the driveline out of your wrecker. ...
But we went ahead and inframed the engine ourselves and it went from dead on Sunday, to running on Thursday afternoon. I thought it was cool!
Other than that, I guess that I have been lucky!
I built a 350 that originally went 260,000 miles in my Dad's '72 C10. Apparently the guy that did the heads for me was a hack, and I also may have gotten wrong valve springs. Anyway, after maybe 6K miles, it broke another valve spring while I was driving back from Casper, WY. I was young and dumb, in a desolate area of Colorado, kept going and it went through a piston.
The 2nd wasn't really my fault! I swear!
3406E Cat, in my old heavy wrecker. It had 300K on it when we built the glider. It also had LOTS of over speed codes. The boss didn't worry about it since it ran good. It went 40K more and spit a piece out of one of the exhaust valves, out through the turbo and then a funny squeak. The piece was maybe an 1/8" wide, so not only did the engine have a miss, the small slice in the valve made the squeak, or whistle. No cell service, no clear radio comms. A local driver came by an called the boss for me when he got into the valley. So 2 more wreckers had to come out, one for mine, one for the truck that I hooked. Bad day when you have to pull the driveline out of your wrecker. ...
But we went ahead and inframed the engine ourselves and it went from dead on Sunday, to running on Thursday afternoon. I thought it was cool!
Other than that, I guess that I have been lucky!
Oh yay! Where do I start, at least 7 4.3's, two 305's, one 454.
While some of them I wasn't driving, I was actively involved in their death.
First 4.3 was in a ZR2 S10, Me and a friend were driving down the highway, doing are thing, when the 4.3 decided it was going to be a 5 cylinder, and send the now unemployed connecting rod into a tire.
Another 4.3 was in a buddy's 94 half ton, he was trying to prove to me that a 10 bolt is fine with 37's and a trailer with a Camaro on it. Axle did fine, engine, not so much. Timing chain let go and the valves met the pistons. They didn't get along.
Another 4.3 in a 94 S10 Blazer did the same timing chain trick.
Different friend had a 93 S10 pickup with a 4.3, One day it lost oil pressure, he put a high mile 2.8 V6 in it, and its still ticking, 4 years later.
Lots more 4.3's, just cant remember them all right now.
Killed two 305 SBC's, A friend has a 72 C20, had a high compression 350 in it, it needed rings so we tossed a $60 barn fresh 305 in it, and ran that for about a week. One day he was running down the interstate with a utility trailer full of scrap, when a newer F250 went to pass him. My friend was not about to be passed by a Ford, so he layed on it, just in time for the rats nest under the intake to make its presence known. Things stopped quickly.
A friend of mine bought a 90 3/4 ton 2wd Suburban sight un-seen, and had me go pick it up, I looked it over as best I could, I saw the rear main was leaking slightly, but nothing huge, I checked the oil, it was almost full. I set off on the 45 minute trip to his house. 454 ran great, pulled great, pulled over to check the oil again about 20 minutes into the trip, still fine, then about 10 minutes after that, things started sounding very, very unhealthy, before I could pull over the engine had seized. I pushed it out of the road, and then I made a discovery, I'd been robbed, some thief had stolen all of the oil of the engine.
The rear main was still leaking, but nothing huge, and couldn't find any other leaks. I genuinely have no idea where all the oil went.
Watched a friend of mine kill his just rebuilt International 1066. He seriously rolled the tractor out of his shop about 30 seconds before everything just stopped.
I wasnt directly involved in this one, but a guy I know killed his 89K mile 6.5 yesterday.
While some of them I wasn't driving, I was actively involved in their death.
First 4.3 was in a ZR2 S10, Me and a friend were driving down the highway, doing are thing, when the 4.3 decided it was going to be a 5 cylinder, and send the now unemployed connecting rod into a tire.
Another 4.3 was in a buddy's 94 half ton, he was trying to prove to me that a 10 bolt is fine with 37's and a trailer with a Camaro on it. Axle did fine, engine, not so much. Timing chain let go and the valves met the pistons. They didn't get along.
Another 4.3 in a 94 S10 Blazer did the same timing chain trick.
Different friend had a 93 S10 pickup with a 4.3, One day it lost oil pressure, he put a high mile 2.8 V6 in it, and its still ticking, 4 years later.
Lots more 4.3's, just cant remember them all right now.
Killed two 305 SBC's, A friend has a 72 C20, had a high compression 350 in it, it needed rings so we tossed a $60 barn fresh 305 in it, and ran that for about a week. One day he was running down the interstate with a utility trailer full of scrap, when a newer F250 went to pass him. My friend was not about to be passed by a Ford, so he layed on it, just in time for the rats nest under the intake to make its presence known. Things stopped quickly.
A friend of mine bought a 90 3/4 ton 2wd Suburban sight un-seen, and had me go pick it up, I looked it over as best I could, I saw the rear main was leaking slightly, but nothing huge, I checked the oil, it was almost full. I set off on the 45 minute trip to his house. 454 ran great, pulled great, pulled over to check the oil again about 20 minutes into the trip, still fine, then about 10 minutes after that, things started sounding very, very unhealthy, before I could pull over the engine had seized. I pushed it out of the road, and then I made a discovery, I'd been robbed, some thief had stolen all of the oil of the engine.
The rear main was still leaking, but nothing huge, and couldn't find any other leaks. I genuinely have no idea where all the oil went.
Watched a friend of mine kill his just rebuilt International 1066. He seriously rolled the tractor out of his shop about 30 seconds before everything just stopped.
I wasnt directly involved in this one, but a guy I know killed his 89K mile 6.5 yesterday.
Hoss7979
1/2 ton status
One 350 in my blazer.....
A 557 Hemi on the dyno @ College...
And some cash fur clunker cars when I worked @ the dealership...
A 557 Hemi on the dyno @ College...
And some cash fur clunker cars when I worked @ the dealership...
Ok, I got this same story from 3 people, so I assume it to be true.
He was doing about 65-70 on the highway, all was well, when suddenly the oil pressure dropped off, and half a millisecond later a loud bang, lots of clatter, then it locked up.
I saw the end result, it now has a two-piece crankshaft, and several pistons beat the crap out of their assigned valves.
The truck in question.
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That 24 Valve Cummins next to it had the shit beat out of it on a regular basis. First, truck was left in nuetral, rolled backwards down a hill, and tried to beat up a tree. Then, he was going too fast down a back road one day, when he decided his phone was more important, when he looked up, he was going over the edge of the road. Truck ended face down - ass up in the ditch, with the rear axle about 3 ft off the ground, tailgate pointed to the sky.
Then, it happened again, this time worse. Same thing, looked down at his phone, looked up to find himself about 5 ft above a fence, flying towards an empty field, landed in the field, bounced, rolled, and landed on its wheels, He kicked the windshield out, and drove it out of the field, and now he's hiding it from the insurance company.
Now he bought another truck, a 99 24 Valve long bed, with twin turbos and custom built injection pump. He all agree that he will kill himself with that truck.
He was doing about 65-70 on the highway, all was well, when suddenly the oil pressure dropped off, and half a millisecond later a loud bang, lots of clatter, then it locked up.
I saw the end result, it now has a two-piece crankshaft, and several pistons beat the crap out of their assigned valves.
The truck in question.
,
That 24 Valve Cummins next to it had the shit beat out of it on a regular basis. First, truck was left in nuetral, rolled backwards down a hill, and tried to beat up a tree. Then, he was going too fast down a back road one day, when he decided his phone was more important, when he looked up, he was going over the edge of the road. Truck ended face down - ass up in the ditch, with the rear axle about 3 ft off the ground, tailgate pointed to the sky.
Then, it happened again, this time worse. Same thing, looked down at his phone, looked up to find himself about 5 ft above a fence, flying towards an empty field, landed in the field, bounced, rolled, and landed on its wheels, He kicked the windshield out, and drove it out of the field, and now he's hiding it from the insurance company.
Now he bought another truck, a 99 24 Valve long bed, with twin turbos and custom built injection pump. He all agree that he will kill himself with that truck.
thew a piston out the oil pan trying to pull someone out of a mud hole back in 1992
was funny.. and yes used a chain.. back when we didnt know better.
backed up... floored it... bam... backup floor it... bam... backup.. floor it... BAM... KABOOM!!!!
looked at oil pressure and it just dropped. truck still running, somone runs over yells.. SHUT IT OFF.. so I did and my motor took a dump
thats about it.
but i did throw 2 rods through the rocker arms... that was funny...
was funny.. and yes used a chain.. back when we didnt know better.
backed up... floored it... bam... backup floor it... bam... backup.. floor it... BAM... KABOOM!!!!
looked at oil pressure and it just dropped. truck still running, somone runs over yells.. SHUT IT OFF.. so I did and my motor took a dump
thats about it.
but i did throw 2 rods through the rocker arms... that was funny...
Hoss7979
1/2 ton status
Sorry here's the full engine.....One 350 in my blazer.....
A 557 Hemi on the dyno @ College...
And some cash fur clunker cars when I worked @ the dealership...
^^^^ that would fit in my truck...
evolve991
Resident Problem Child
I've run quite a few Chevy 350s down to the final spark. Warped 2 400 small blocks all to hell. A couple Olds and Pontiac 350s. A Buick 330. Straight up murdered a few Ford motors. But the motor I like to talk about wouldn't die 
.....my 1st Buick 350 ....this thing had 120K on it when I bought the 70 Skylark it was in. 19,single and never sat still, I put at least 80K more on it in 2 years until a drunk doing snownuts mangled the driver side from bumper to bumper 
...so I bought this beeaaauutiful 70 Skylark Coupe that someone built into all-but a GS then spun a bearing. I dropped my beater motor in it against a built 350 turbo and a solid 12 bolt. I had that motor so hot it melted the spark plug boots and fused a few spark plug tips closed, peeled the paint on the intake,yet was still idling til I shut the key off. I went for parts while it cooled and it fired right up first crank. That was the worst but not the only time I ran it hot with no fan belt or a wiped water pump. 3 years of stacking miles on it,and abusing my poor Buick because of a chick and I dropped the motor into a 67 Olds Cutlass and ran that a few years...by now into the upper 200,000s ....and traded the Cutlass,and some cash,for a 73 Pontiac LeMans. The motor still ran great....the guy mauled the Olds in a backyard demolition derby then scrapped it. It still ran when they crushed it.
.....my 1st Buick 350 ....this thing had 120K on it when I bought the 70 Skylark it was in. 19,single and never sat still, I put at least 80K more on it in 2 years until a drunk doing snownuts mangled the driver side from bumper to bumper ...so I bought this beeaaauutiful 70 Skylark Coupe that someone built into all-but a GS then spun a bearing. I dropped my beater motor in it against a built 350 turbo and a solid 12 bolt. I had that motor so hot it melted the spark plug boots and fused a few spark plug tips closed, peeled the paint on the intake,yet was still idling til I shut the key off. I went for parts while it cooled and it fired right up first crank. That was the worst but not the only time I ran it hot with no fan belt or a wiped water pump. 3 years of stacking miles on it,and abusing my poor Buick because of a chick and I dropped the motor into a 67 Olds Cutlass and ran that a few years...by now into the upper 200,000s ....and traded the Cutlass,and some cash,for a 73 Pontiac LeMans. The motor still ran great....the guy mauled the Olds in a backyard demolition derby then scrapped it. It still ran when they crushed it.
It's more impressive to talk about the ones I haven't killed. I have owned several turbo'd Mitsubishi cars, one of which was a 1991 Galant VR-4. I couldn't keep a transmission in the thing to save my life, but the motor never died. Once I was driving it home from Los Angeles to Denver when I stopped somewhere in the middle of Utah to put gas and check the oil. It was late as hell and the highways were empty, so I tried my best to keep her north of 100 mph for the drive into Grand Junction. Having successfully made that leg of the trip, I pulled off for more gas, and saw the smoke rolling out from under the car. Seems that I had neglected to reinstall my oil fill cap back in Utah, and nearly 4 quarts of the not quite 5 quart capacity had been thrown out of the fill hole by the overhead cams. Oil was everywhere, but my fill cap was right where I left it. Filled her back up and took it right back to 100+ till I hit the mountains.
Also had a 1985 S-10 with the carb'd 2.8 V6. Paid 800 for it with a steady miss and 700R4 that was never right. Had it for 6 years, never got it faster than 71 mph (that was downhill and a tail wind), scraping by the emissions folks with untold trickery, and it would never die. Finally I punted a Ford Ranger off of the highway on the way to work one day, and decided it was time to scrap it. Drove to my buddies tranny shop, parked it in back, and stood on the throttle. For 10 minutes, wide open, and it wouldn't blow. My buddy finally told me to stop because he was tired of listening to it.
Also had a 1985 S-10 with the carb'd 2.8 V6. Paid 800 for it with a steady miss and 700R4 that was never right. Had it for 6 years, never got it faster than 71 mph (that was downhill and a tail wind), scraping by the emissions folks with untold trickery, and it would never die. Finally I punted a Ford Ranger off of the highway on the way to work one day, and decided it was time to scrap it. Drove to my buddies tranny shop, parked it in back, and stood on the throttle. For 10 minutes, wide open, and it wouldn't blow. My buddy finally told me to stop because he was tired of listening to it.
That is one of the most gutless vehicles I've ever drove, buddy had one in HS and it was beyond slow.
