Hi all,
Not too many months ago I put new rings, bearings and rear seal in my 235
engine. Yesterday I got a serious knocjk and came home on the bed of a AAA tow
truck. I pulled the pan today and found the number 5 bearing was completely
gone. There are twisted up pices of foil in the oil pan, but that's all the
evidence there was ever a bearing in there.
The crank is discolored, but seems to be round and not grooved, amazingly
enough. I haven't pulled the head so I don't know if the piston rod is out of
round.
What could have caused this to happen? The cap was tight, if anything too
tight, I torqued them all to spec when I installed them, but these seemed to
be a lot tighter than that. The oil hole in the crank is clear, I was able to
insert a pipe cleaner about 4" inches up with no resistance and it came out
clean. All teh other bearings appear to be ok - no slap in them anyway.
Is there any solution short of pulling the engine?
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Bob
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