So here we have an extreme effect of mis-fuel, engine was run on petrol till it stopped.
the piston was mullered by the valves, the second bank was all washed spotless, and by all accounts the centre piston seized at the bottom of the stroke.
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27th Oct 2009 10:19 pm
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So, there must have been some mechanical failure to make the valves hit the piston. Did the hp fuel pump seize and snap the timing belt or something
Whatever, it looks expensive
27th Oct 2009 10:29 pm
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Ouch!!! that looks very sore on the wallet !I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
27th Oct 2009 10:32 pm
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HP fuel pump is driven of the READ not the timing belt, i'd suggest that the damage was caused by the engine going runaway due to the mixed fuel and the driver revving the nuts off it trying to keep it going....
For how long was it driven, under what circumstances?
How did the driver become aware of the problem? Any message on the dash or did it simply run rough & seize up?
Very scary
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