Look What I Found In My Engine, Taking Bets!

[rhkcommander]

Anyone want to take a guess as to what this is? I'm sure I know but it might be more fun to have people guess.

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These are just two of eight they all looked better or worse than these two.

Surprisingly there were only a few gouges in the cylinder walls, I felt bad for the old engine. I wanted to save more but I saved what I could.

 

[rhkcommander]

Engine ran until the day I pulled her, wouldn't cold start - cold being 40s-50s without lots of glowing - my newest powermaster starter and freshly charged off batteries (like 14v just shut off charger!) got it starting in mid 30s. Before that it had a new nippodenso starter too. First two cylinders came up with really low psi, one being 0 IIRC. I lost the o-ring and gave up after that point anyway - shook my head and kept driving it until I got my car and then UHaul engine.

Would have considered saving the engine but after all its been through and finding the giant welds on the side of the block I just couldn't justify it. I know this UHaul engine will last my lifetime unless something tries to kill it after seeing what this one went through

***hint, not just burnt valves

 

[mohavewolfpup]

Looks like a cooling system failure? (oil/coolant mixing)

 

[PwrSmoke]

Can't see them but possibly cracked head(s). If the block cracked due to front at some distant time, maybe the heads did too. I just looked at a tractor block that cracked over this frigid winter. Not pretty! Had to physically restrain the owner who was in self-ass-kicking mode for forgetting to drain the water.