Possibly a MAJOR problem

[mean87]

Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada

[mean87]

Ok, so I bought another engine to rob parts off, but I haven't had the chance to start working on this problem. Meanwhile I took it out for a drive today, just a few minutes down the road, only hic-upd (sp?) once, maybe twice, and drove fine after that, didn't even smoke out the exhaust, and seemed to have a lot of power even when I tramped on it a lil. I'm stumped now, any suggestions?

[lxinks]

clueless

[keycb7]

I think your motor doesn't want to leave engine bay

[lucid]

Sorry I missed some recent posts before posting, but...

I don't see much chance of a ring not scratching up the cylinder wall if it popped out around or up through the piston. You might need oversized pistons to use your orig. block, since if you have super high mileage, you probably bored out the cylinder with the ring, lol.
If you're lucky, and didn't drive too far or hard since whatever happened, your valves may not be bent, but be ready for that. The head itself should be fine, even if the combustion chamber got hit by a loose piston. As long as your broken spark plug or valve/ring pieces didn't get hammered between the two too bad.

You can take the head off with the motor in the car, and maybe even have a "new" piston & rod assembly put back in with the block still in the bay. Chances are you'll have to take the block out too. With that in mind, I'd take the whole engine assembly out, and work outside the engine bay.

You'll probably need new rings for the piston and a new rod bearing. You'll need a new head gasket unless you transplant a good engine. Hopefully the Crankshaft & block are still okay..



There's my four cents...

[mean87]

So the engine is working perfectly now, aside from a lil smoke out the exhaust every now and then, especially when I start it up in the morning (valve seals?). At least it's a daily driver again, and even though I haven't needed it yet, I have a spare engine for parts

[Leung]

glad to hear you got her up and running again man.

[Jam]

H22artman...so if you pull your head you dont HAVE to have it reworked? you can throw another gasket on it and ride?

if everything looks to be in good shape no you dont, just a new gasket and bolt that bich down