Engine Kaboom Any Ideas Where To Look?

[Power]

Speaking from experience power! That debris is sump, block and a large peice of piston skirt. When you get under, it will look a little like this...

Yeah, similar.

Just MUCH worse e.g. similar damage to the cast aluminium that your pics show, but also massive block damage that I could (literaly) put my arm through!

Windage tray spitting out the bottom of the sump.

Also later, found the most fantastic (and expensive) APS CAT was cinders and dust - go to the Autotech site and look for the APS link.

Head was 'ok-ish' with damaged valves replaced and a bit of work done $$$$$

Crank was stuffed as conrods neatly ground a spot here and there.

Wanted to go stock or maybe F6 with LPG rods, but really, so much effort for the mechanically challenged like me It wasn't much more to go Atmoic everything, as I did. And this means I can now go silly, rather than stay with the "smart power" and so forth of APS systems and the very short time I added a non-APS cooler prior to kaboom.

So, happy now by NO BLOODY CHOICE mind you.

Cheers

[ashmo]

can I ask did insurance cover some of the cost? or even ford the fact it would still be under warranty? Or did your modifications at the time cancel any of those out?

Cheers

[Power]

can I ask did insurance cover some of the cost? or even ford the fact it would still be under warranty? Or did your modifications at the time cancel any of those out?

Cheers

Insurance? Not an insurable event I'm afraid.

Car wasn't a 'Ford' so to speak for a long time, so no warranty of course.

[jcooke]

Insurance? Not an insurable event I'm afraid.

Car wasn't a 'Ford' so to speak for a long time, so no warranty of course.

Hey Power,

If you dont mind me asking, how much did the repair end up costing? Just something I want to keep in mind should things ever go Kaboooom like yours did.