Shocking the rods is a theory I hadn't even considered, but it could make sense as well. The bottom line is some guy (who's name I won't disclose) is trying to hold me responsible for a motor I built, but I told him "do not start it without me there!" He didn't listen and , viola, the motor is toast. When I went back to fix all the things wrong with the install, there were loose clamps EVERYWHERE and the motor was spewing all sorts of fluid from various places. (Install tip #1... tighten clamps right when you put the hoses on them and don't think you'll do it later, cause you won't!) But when I removed the upper intake, the runners were filled with water which I sopped up with paper towels. (This came from a sloppy TB shaft and old seals) The motor ran fine after the water was removed and a new TB installed. This guy's arguement is "had the motor hydrolocked it never would have ran 4k miles." But my arguement is the damage was already done and it just took 4k miles to finally wear down. Figure after 2-3k it was making noise. I have a major problem with the fact that this guy didn't listen to me in the first place and now I am being held responsible for his mistake. On top of this, all this work was done for FREE! I don't want to give my ideas or theories as I do not want to sway opinion, but the question of if oil was added before startup is unknown. He claims "yes I did" but I can't get confirmation other than his word. Could it be something else based on the info you have.
So the purpose of this thread is two fold 1)Come up with ideas of why there was failure and 2)Eliminate myself as a cause to the problem.
Let's hear your ideas...
JP