Originally Posted by
fastrcracer
Just run my new 2008 353 engine for the second weekend.
Something happened that I have not seen before. The engine broke a rod or the crank and shot the rod through the engine case. Piston is stuck at the bottom and can not even get the backplate off. Picture attached.
Comments Please !
Reliability on engines is not 100%. Nothing can ever reach 100% perfect quality, yours might be the .001% of defective engines. Or could've been a bad break-in combined with an over heat or over cold engine.
My suggestion is, take what you can use, Heat sink, carburator and get a new engine.