Oh no, we've thrown a rod.

Is that serious?

Yup.

I think the rod is the least of your worries.

Boat?

that'll buff out

You might be down a few hp now...

What engine was that?

That.... Seems to be an Industrial application.

I have insider knowledge as to VCHs current profession and have a few guesses. I'll keep them to myself for now.

Little jb weld, head gasket in a can, and some 50wt and it'll get you home.

Duct tape.

The guys on /reddit/justrolledintotheshop would love those pics.

Industrial application. Turbodiesel, about 170 litre displacement. Threw that rod under load, luckily the oil pressure monitor killed the injectors and shut the engine down. We collected 3 huge boxes of metal shards and debris that I'm sorting through.

BTW- each of those rods is about the size of your arm, and weighs about 50 pounds. That metal bench that goes around the side of the engine- see how it's bent? It used to be straight. Rod went straight out the porthole and bent that bench like that.

Next time use a real engine

Some affiliation.

How are the pixels?

or

vtec kicked in y0!1

I bet THAT made a noise.

Well, I have a few theories as to why it happened. First, there's this big end bearing / rod end:

But then we've also got this chuck of crankshaft counterweight that broke off (about 30 or 40 lbs):

volvoclearinghouse wrote: Industrial application. Turbodiesel, about 170 litre displacement. Threw that rod under load, luckily the oil pressure monitor killed the injectors and shut the engine down. We collected 3 huge boxes of metal shards and debris that I'm sorting through. BTW- each of those rods is about the size of your arm, and weighs about 50 pounds. That metal bench that goes around the side of the engine- see how it's bent? It used to be straight. Rod went straight out the porthole and bent that bench like that.

I bet that made one hell of a kaboom.

Iceberg?

Knurled wrote:

volvoclearinghouse wrote: Industrial application. Turbodiesel, about 170 litre displacement. Threw that rod under load, luckily the oil pressure monitor killed the injectors and shut the engine down. We collected 3 huge boxes of metal shards and debris that I'm sorting through. BTW- each of those rods is about the size of your arm, and weighs about 50 pounds. That metal bench that goes around the side of the engine- see how it's bent? It used to be straight. Rod went straight out the porthole and bent that bench like that.

I bet that made one hell of a kaboom.

Can you get it back up and running this afternoon?

volvoclearinghouse wrote: Is that serious? Yup.

Not to sound like a gratuitous violence/vandal type, but I love seeing industrial carnage like this. More info and pics please!

If you must fail, be spectacular

Glad that wasn't at my workplace. Good luck with repair!

The little guy in there with the hammer was PISSED, wasn't he?

Does that engine have engine journal temp sensing?