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probably wrong section but it has to do with maintence.

got a truck into work a few weeks ago apparently for an oil leak according to customer it was dripping on passenger side.

so one of the apprentices went to drive it into the workshop and found it wouldnt start

had a quick look and everything seemed normal... except for this...

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i took the sump off and found this.

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i thought, hang on thats not right.

pulled the motor and stripped it and thats what we were left with.

passengers side of block

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driver side

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hooked diagnostic computer up and found it had overheated 17 times within the last day and had lost oil pressure 5 times in the same amount of time clearly it then grabbed a piston and snapped rod and so on, this happened cos it hadnt been serviced for 40,000km and our policy is 15,000km service intervals.

i guess the point of my thread is..

so service your ride on time !!!!!!! rolleyes.gif

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Crazy dude. Its the new model with air cooled crankshaft

haha yeh man they also act as speed holes to help the engine spin faster lol.

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Dobz Experienced

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:O What the faaark! The customer must've towed it in, dropped the keys in and piss bolted before anyone knew what was going on.

I'm guessing he wants it fixed under warranty?

That'll be the last time he takes the work truck out for anymore hot laps around a circuit.

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it will get better fuel economy . . .less cylinders to run! one guy i know at work will ONLY put oil in truck engine(mazda T4000) when the oil pressure light comes on . . .

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it will get better fuel economy . . .less cylinders to run! one guy i know at work will ONLY put oil in truck engine(mazda T4000) when the oil pressure light comes on . . .

haha true, dont understand ppl that dont take care of their vehicles,... especially trucks cos in lots of cases its their livelyhood on the line when it blows up. but its still good value for us to see when it happens n laugh bout it

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Jeez, I'm not driving my truck to you.............it'll drop a cylinder for sure!!!!...........lol

I can't understand some ppl, the easiest thing to is service a vehicle, and half the time new ones are free for 3 or so years.

Ummm $50-150 service x 5-10 times vs a new motor, its simple maths really.

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we will service it when u bring it in but dont blame us when you leave it 25000kms overdue which doesnt help their cause, but i a pretty sure it has like 400000 on it so its outa warranty on ks anyway

quoted motor is bout $35000 complete ( No 5HIT i swear i couldnt believe it myself ) and cosidering i has 2 holes in block, compressor, fuel, pump, starter all destroyed, turbo has had metal go through it and flywheel housing smashed they dont have much choice.

dont get it either dude....

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yeh i have heard of that too.. i have always wondered what it would be like to be in a vehicle when that happens, lol obviously not mine but just the noise and vibration would be crazy when it lets go

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We've had the gearbox explode in one of the trucks, idiot was coming up the hill and went back from 4th high to 2nd low apparently. Gearbox parts are still embedded in the trees on the side of the road and it was only 170km old. Frickin idiot that was driving destroyed 3 trucks before he was finally let go

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yeh i have heard of that too.. i have always wondered what it would be like to be in a vehicle when that happens, lol obviously not mine but just the noise and vibration would be crazy when it lets go

I was in a car when this happened. We were 18 years old, my mate was driving his mum's new Civic Vti-R and on the highway at ~130kph he changed from 5th to 2nd let the clutch out and........vroooooom sounded like it went to at least 11,000rpm. Had a bit of a jolt, fuel cut-out for a bit but it survived. Another 20kph and I don't think we would have been so lucky. We were used to the engine sound at ~8500rpm but this sounded quite a lot higher. Obviously we were much more careful after that.......until he drove it off the cliff at Stuartholme rd in Brisbane - hence the new barrier erection in the late 90s. The ambulance got him out from the upside down car hanging out of the trees, then the police drove him to join us at the movies watching Terminator 2. Insurance gave them a new car (less than 12months old) and he got off with no charges at all. He was so lucky at times.

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haha true, dont understand ppl that dont take care of their vehicles,... especially trucks cos in lots of cases its their livelyhood on the line when it blows up. but its still good value for us to see when it happens n laugh bout it

its not his truck . . . thats why he doesnt G.A.F, but then again we have a small honda (5HP unleaded) engine that needed engine oil and he asked if he should use 2 stroke oil. . . face palm!

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it will get better fuel economy . . .less cylinders to run! one guy i know at work will ONLY put oil in truck engine(mazda T4000) when the oil pressure light comes on . . .

lol that is the same way I judge oil changes on the navara....the only car I've had in the last 5 years that *hasn't* needed a bottom end rebuild....

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We've had the gearbox explode in one of the trucks, idiot was coming up the hill and went back from 4th high to 2nd low apparently. Gearbox parts are still embedded in the trees on the side of the road and it was only 170km old. Frickin idiot that was driving destroyed 3 trucks before he was finally let go

that shit is awesome i want to be there when it happens (protected from rouge bits of gearbox though)

I was in a car when this happened. We were 18 years old, my mate was driving his mum's new Civic Vti-R and on the highway at ~130kph he changed from 5th to 2nd let the clutch out and........vroooooom sounded like it went to at least 11,000rpm. Had a bit of a jolt, fuel cut-out for a bit but it survived. Another 20kph and I don't think we would have been so lucky. We were used to the engine sound at ~8500rpm but this sounded quite a lot higher. Obviously we were much more careful after that.......until he drove it off the cliff at Stuartholme rd in Brisbane - hence the new barrier erection in the late 90s. The ambulance got him out from the upside down car hanging out of the trees, then the police drove him to join us at the movies watching Terminator 2. Insurance gave them a new car (less than 12months old) and he got off with no charges at all. He was so lucky at times.

man proabably would have been like 11000rpm thats one tough little engine they build though

drove it off a cliff!?! and then was escorted to the movies, all a happy ending cept for the poor civic stuck in the tree i guess..

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its not his truck . . . thats why he doesnt G.A.F, but then again we have a small honda (5HP unleaded) engine that needed engine oil and he asked if he should use 2 stroke oil. . . face palm!

but it is his truck, owner driver.. haha shell be right just put diff oil init to balance the viscocity up... i have heard of an apprentice @ another workshop near us who filled a diff with grease mind u the diffs in the crap we work on are like the size of an engine & take 22l of oil....

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lol that is the same way I judge oil changes on the navara....the only car I've had in the last 5 years that *hasn't* needed a bottom end rebuild....

holes in block are also a good way to check oil level haha

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