Loud Clanking and rough idle

[KelseyM]

Yes, I can faintly hear it at idle but the more load I put on the motor the more significant it becomes.

[KelseyM]

Just removed the oil pan and found this...hopefully this can narrow it down a bit.

[Nium]

Running the engine anymore is probably ruining the engine even more.

[KelseyM]

Battery is now disconnected

[LaneRover]

Ouch! Well, at least the distributor is better for once the engine is fixed ;-)

[redmondrover]

Connecting Rod Failure

My son and I heard that same sound just before the engine in my '59 88 blew--on the freeway with a semi bearing down on us. When the engine failed, we were enveloped in a cloud of black and white smoke and, out of the corner of my eye, I saw bits of my engine skittering across the freeway. Luckily, nothing locked up and we did a dead stick landing into the emergency lane.

The attached pictures show the damage. The bolts on the number one connecting rod failed and when they finally gave way, the crank knocked the connecting rod into the block wall and separated the left side motor mount and the dipstick area from the block.

[Momo]

Redmondrover, that will buff right out.

Kelsey, either that is babbit debris in your hand or green beans and 40 weight.
Ouch. Lots of it too. Hope you didn't score the crank.

[badvibes]

sorry for the hijack.....

redmondrover-

Wow I'd say that qualifies as a catastrophic failure!

Jeff

[KelseyM]

redmondrover: Thats crazy, I think J-B Weld may just hold it

Momo: Yea, it doesnt look good and haha, I thought the same thing when I first saw it "Did somebody put green beans in my oil???"

So what to do now? It seems like I am going to have to take apart everything at least to check it out so engine rebuild??

[SafeAirOne]

So what to do now? It seems like I am going to have to take apart everything at least to check it out so engine rebuild??

That pretty much sums it up.

[yorker]

Redmondrover that is the best Land Rover engine failure I have seen yet! KelseyM's was heading in that direction...

[yorker]

So what to do now?

Time to shop for a 200TDi?

[Momo]

+ 1 for Yorker's suggestion!

[I Leak Oil]

Redmondrover that is the best Land Rover engine failure I have seen yet!

Yes indeed! Remondrover deserves some sort of award for that! What to name it now? Hmm.....How about the "JB Weld Project of the Year Award"?

[martindktm]

I had this happened to me with a 1984 Pontiac Fiero. Before that I was used to own Renault 5 with pretty high revving engine...

I think the 2.5 Iron Duke from the Pontiac didn`t like to rev at 4500 Rpm for very long on the freeway. 2 connecting rod came out of the block that time...Huge cloud of smoke and fire caught in it. Was in winter so I threw snow at it...It was 4 speed and was on the red line at 110-120 km/h (60-70mph)....Installed a new block and a 5 speed tranny in it and never had problem after that...


Good luck with your Rover.