It was a beautiful Wednesday morning and I was out with friends during a classic car meeting. It was a holiday and we were out for a sunny ride.
While accelerating and and at about 5000 rpm something exploded in the engine compartment.
Pieces and bits flew out the back and white smoke came out of the engine bay.
Stopped the car and opened the hood.
Oil all over, and what I saw was that the crankshaft snout with the pulley was pointing sideways at an angle.
No doubt, the crankshaft has broken somewhere at the front journal , and the counterweight has knocked out one big piece off the engine block.
Can not explain myself how such a crankshaft can just break. Sounds like a material defect. This should not happen.
I got the engine about 2 years ago and have driven with it maybe 1000 miles, no more (Mallorca is only about 60 miles across).
I will take the engine out this weekend and see what damage it has taken, but I have no hope that the block can be reused.
As soon as I have opened the engine I will post more pictures. For now you can see the same s..t I do not even want to look
at.
