charleston_dsm
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- Nov 13, 2011
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summerville,
South_Carolina
last night i went and picked up my newest project. a 96 eagle talon tsi. i was told it spun a rod bearing. well after i pressure washed it i decided to take a look. well i drained the oil and when i looked at my drain plug it had an afro!. i decided to go ahead and pull the pan and what i found was rod bearings, part of the piston, the shield that covers the crank, with a whole through it, then with a little wiggling the #2 piston rod came out as well. so heres my question. am i better off buying a used engine or rebuilding this one?