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Ever have mini-throw up? Or felt that sinking feeling in your stomach? Well, that was my Merry Christmas EVE
I filled up the engine with some regular pennzoil 10w-30 non-syn and was ready to prime the engine before putting the tbelt on. I go and grab the air ratchet and put on my 14mm wrench. All of a sudden while I'm letting the pump spin and looking for oil to plumb to the head, my hand gets wet with oil. W...T...F...?? I look down to see this. A nice HUGE crack at the castle plug area. Wait, did I over torque it? No.. I have no idea why it split like this and it lead to another 2 hours of down time pulling off the oil pan, crank pulley bolt, etc. and finally removed the front case. I'm going to call extremepsi on wednesday and hopefully they can work out a warranty or something. I wouldn't mind buying a new one if it was my fault, but I can't see how any of the work I did caused this thing to crack.
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Shit, since I have been following this thread so closely even I just got a sick feeling in my stomach for you. I think most DSM'ers have one of these stories that makes no sense and causes you to lose it. Sorry to hear that.
Nonetheless, better now than when you're driving down the road.