Bobby-gg
LIFE MEMBER
Not me, but the brother in law
2006 Transit Chasson, with only 30k on it.
On the A1 yesterday morning making good progress, they heard (and probably felt) a bang from the engine and a loss of power, luckily just as they were about to come past a large layby, they managed to coast into the layby and park safely and that's the last bit of luck they had all day.
After eventually being recovered by a recovery contractor for the RAC, they were put into a taxi for the journey back up up north, getting home at 8pm, only to be then informed by the recovery company that they had ran out of drivers and the Motorhome wouldn't make it home until Tuesday!
Needless to say the brother in law read them the riot act and moving forward the RAC eventually managed to get Crouch recovery involved and it arrived at my yard at half past 5 this morning
And there's where his luck has definitely ran out, the picture below is what we've found in the sump, and that's no1 little end and gudgeon pin, looking up into the block you can actually rotate what's left of the conrod on the crank!
Time for a recon engine, but I'm busy trawling the transit forums to work out what's happened, did the rod just let go, did the piston seize then fracture?
Answer's on a postcard!
I'll keep you all posted when we get it stripped down
2006 Transit Chasson, with only 30k on it.
On the A1 yesterday morning making good progress, they heard (and probably felt) a bang from the engine and a loss of power, luckily just as they were about to come past a large layby, they managed to coast into the layby and park safely and that's the last bit of luck they had all day.
After eventually being recovered by a recovery contractor for the RAC, they were put into a taxi for the journey back up up north, getting home at 8pm, only to be then informed by the recovery company that they had ran out of drivers and the Motorhome wouldn't make it home until Tuesday!
Needless to say the brother in law read them the riot act and moving forward the RAC eventually managed to get Crouch recovery involved and it arrived at my yard at half past 5 this morning
And there's where his luck has definitely ran out, the picture below is what we've found in the sump, and that's no1 little end and gudgeon pin, looking up into the block you can actually rotate what's left of the conrod on the crank!
Time for a recon engine, but I'm busy trawling the transit forums to work out what's happened, did the rod just let go, did the piston seize then fracture?
Answer's on a postcard!
I'll keep you all posted when we get it stripped down
