Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

pinchvalve said:

This comes to mind. 

Do insurance companies pay off on Stupid?

stanger_missle said:

914Driver said:

Do insurance companies pay off on Stupid?

To think that a cutoff contact switch on the roof could've prevented this...but since it's a house with a lifting car storage area I'm sure they'll be just fine. Oddly pedestrian cars for such a house, not even a standard-issue Evoque in place of the Wrangler?

Today, I picked out the cover illustration for my autobiography. 

NickD said:

The hell went wrong there? Fluid ingestion?

In reply to NickD :

Meh, its a GM. Probably still runs. Just a little noisier and not quite as smooth.

Also that looks like a customer phone number on that RO, if it's yours I'd either delete that pic or edit it.

In reply to NickD :

GM 3.6?

Spoolpigeon said:

In reply to NickD :

 

GM 3.6?

Yup, just a 3.6L doing 3.6L things. I really don't get why people want to swap these wretched berkeleying timebombs into other vehicles.

barefootskater said:

In reply to NickD :

Meh, its a GM. Probably still runs. Just a little noisier and not quite as smooth.

Also that looks like a customer phone number on that RO, if it's yours I'd either delete that pic or edit it.

 

Good catch on the phone number 

Donebrokeit said:

The hell went wrong there? Fluid ingestion?

Near as I can tell, and it's hard because of the catastrophic damage, the tiny Allen head countersunk bolts (top left in the tableau of destruction) backed out of the cam actuator and then slammed into the front cam journal cap. This then jammed the gear, which ripped the teeth off, before the bolts tore or bent or broke out of the actuator. The bits of gear and bolts then went everywhere in the timing chains. The Bank 1 cams got out of timing and slammed into the valves, which then bent every valve and tore rocker arms apart and flung them everywhere. It also busted a hole in the timing cover and the bank 1 camshaft cover. Bits of metal and needle bearings everywhere.

Donebrokeit said:

The hell went wrong there? Fluid ingestion?

 

My guess, the opposite.  Lack of fluid in the oil pan.

The valvetrain probably felt bad about how no oil was in the pan and decided to come down for a visit.

NickD said:

Donebrokeit said:

The hell went wrong there? Fluid ingestion?

Near as I can tell, and it's hard because of the catastrophic damage, the tiny Allen head countersunk bolts (top left in the tableau of destruction) backed out of the cam actuator and then slammed into the front cam journal cap. This then jammed the gear, which ripped the teeth off, before the bolts tore or bent or broke out of the actuator. The bits of gear and bolts then went everywhere in the timing chains. The Bank 1 cams got out of timing and slammed into the valves, which then bent every valve and tore rocker arms apart and flung them everywhere. It also busted a hole in the timing cover and the bank 1 camshaft cover. Bits of metal and needle bearings everywhere.

Any time I see bolts loosen up like that, I assume that things were getting hammered by unusual shock loads/vibrations.  Like, say, being run out of oil so the actuators are empty and hammering around.

Fasteners don't just loosen themselves, after all.  

I see many of these engines with 150k+ and no problems.  The only ones I see issues with are the ones that are trained to run low on oil.

Fasteners don't just loosen themselves, after all. 

Tell that to Hennessy Honda of Woodstock!!!