[DeTomaso] BBORR engine failure

[michael frazier]

Yes, things are a little clearer now. I don't think a gallery plug came out unless they were just the freeze plug type. I don't think so.  Jim was looking at the oil pressure gauge when it happened and said the pressure bled down over several seconds as I was looking for a place to crash land.  There may not be a hole in a piston after all.  Like I said, there were some strange

timing variations I should have paid more attention to and that may show a cam/dist/oil pump drive problem.  I'm still not sure if I heard or just felt something.  It was like a real short harsh misfire event.  Hope to find out this weekend.  Any other conspiracy

theories?  Thanks.

Michael

 

 

 
> LOL... I needed that one.
> 
> I was thinking maybe you pushed the cam plug out the back.
> 
> I don't think you knocked out the threaded plugs. Highly unlikely.
> 
> The cam plug, however, could explain a loss of oil pressure without dumping
> all of the oil out of your engine. There are only 3 ways I can think of
> getting oil into your bell housing - cam plug, oil gallery plugs, or rear
> main. The rear main wouldn't cause loss of oil pressure, the oil gallery
> plugs would empty a lot more than 1/2 quart, the cam plug could come out,
> though, especially if you burnt a piston and pressurized your crankcase.
> 
> Did you check the oil to see if it was Chevy oil? You might have sucked up
> oil debris from that Corvette you were following.

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