pics of my destroyed engine

[pwcracer]

This is what happened to my engine after the balancer came off at high rpm. I guess you really should switch those things out before 90k miles.



sorry for the low pic quality.

 

[t3t4_4g63]

outch

 

[daddystang]

double ouch.....

 

[ninety15.0]

Dam...how did the balancer come off? What were you doing at the time? What a mess

 

[68keyblr]

The carnage!!! (puking guts out)

 

[oldschool88vert]

mangled cuz. can we all bow our heads in a moment of silence please!

 

[mrmustangman357]

what rpm were you turning at the time?

 

[pwcracer]

The OEM balancer is almost a 2 piece design, the main part attached to the crank pulley remained, but the outer ring started spinning free. It also took out my timing cover as it was spinning. I was driving down the highway about 70 mph when it happened. it shook the car so bad I could hardly grab the shifter. I pulled over and had the car towed home. i then replaced timing cover, balancer and put it back together, only to hear a knocking sound at 3000rpm.. It only took one missed shift to
completely seize up the engine. It filled the entire highway with thick white smoke and spanned at least a mile.

When the piston came up it took out one of the heads too...

 

[ram360]

man, that's a bad deal f'sho

 

[Aliate X]

The OEM balancer is almost a 2 piece design, the main part attached to the crank pulley remained, but the outer ring started spinning free. It also took out my timing cover as it was spinning. I was driving down the highway about 70 mph when it happened. it shook the car so bad I could hardly grab the shifter. I pulled over and had the car towed home. i then replaced timing cover, balancer and put it back together, only to hear a knocking sound at 3000rpm.. It only took one missed shift to
completely seize up the engine. It filled the entire highway with thick white smoke and spanned at least a mile.

When the piston came up it took out one of the heads too...

SAME THING happened to my balancer, separated right into 2 peices. Motor just cracked 100k miles. Luckily I was doing donuts in the snow when it fell apart and it came apart on the way down in rpms so I got lucky. Threw a new balancer on and it was good to go. Replace those damn things asap!

 

[Mustang5L5]

Fram oil filter

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Fram oil filter

....beat me to it. I'm sure the Fram was behind it all.

 

[iwashmycar]

wow thats some impressive damage....i should probably change mine sometime...130k

 

[v8only]

wow, Maybe it's just me, but I've gotten lucky. My original one lasted 183k miles until I pulled it for a better motor, and my bro's lasted just shy of 200k before he pulled it for another motor.

 

[montegoman351]

Fram oil filter

Dang, you beat me to it, also.
I was going to ask what that orange turd hanging off the side was.

 

[86bluecobra]

Thats one nasty little story. Sorry to hear about it.

 

[Bigstang1]

i got 193k on my stock one

 

[Black1987Stang]

Dang, you beat me to it, also.
I was going to ask what that orange turd hanging off the side was.

Took the words right outta my mouth

My friend had lost complete oil pressure THREE times becuase of a FRAM oil filter..So he replaces it with another one ....But theyre' deff. junk. and others on here can agree with me.

Perfect time for a fresh new engine

 

[Lemonade]

I have 125K miles on mine, about 80% of that with a blower pulley bolted to it. I am in the process of changing it & the timing chain, I figure I'm on borrowed time.

Lems

 

[pwcracer]

Here is a pic of the part that came off

also the timing cover it destroyed..