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my roomies' b6 died some time ago, so I did the transplant of my b6 from treecar to his... well today I decide I am goign to go ahead and dismantle and part out what I can out of his motor. Here's what I find:








And off topic but to finish the title feeling, Bane:


Never let this guy drive your car. It'll instantly fall apart.

"Died" understatement.

As a noob who is slowly understanding more and more about cars, can you give me some more info on this please?

the #3 piston hated living.



I am not sure how this happened... but the piston rod is snapped in half, the bottom part scarred the crankshaft, put a hole in the main bearing support, cracked the #4 piston, and also shattered the lower portion of the #3 piston, then they all had a party

Holy crap......

Any ideas as to what caused that?

RobMinhas wrote:As a noob who is slowly understanding more and more about cars, can you give me some more info on this please?

I can.
Don't buy that connecting rod from him.

Too much boost, and a bad tune?

that's the strange thing, it's not boosted, and it was timed correctly, it was running pristine (according ot my roommate) then on a 600 mile road trip, 100 miles away from home, it goes "clunk, clank" dead. these things don't have enough power to cause these type of catastrophic failures, I didn't think! My theories is either one of the bolts on the connecting rods fell off, and the strain bent it and it caught... I really don't know. but it obviously jumped off the crankshaft whatever it was, and one bolt stayed on at least.

How many miles on the motor?

Could just be a poor quality control rob bolt that eventually failed via fatigue in some freak, hairline crack.

..and that's how Dubstep was born..

fowljesse wrote:..and that's how Dubstep was born..

*bass* clank, clank, dead. Clank, clank, dead. clank, clank dead.

Catastrophic failure.*Wobble bass*

*syncopated tuplets*

fowljesse wrote:..and that's how Dubstep was born..

I'd probably enjoy the sound more...

judging by the 1st and 3rd pic id say this guy wasnt a heavy believer in oil changes?

the engine sat outside for a while and he took out the spark plugs, so the water plus oil got all sludgy.
it was really nasty when I first dug in there.

so... the final question is. any parts salvageable worth reselling?