Missing Rod Bearing?

[91talonawdtsi]

Ok so this isn't really a newbie question. I left my house the other day and noticed i was about a quart low on oil, and put some in. When i got to my friends house i realized that my oil feed line was leaking so i cut and flared it. Next thing i know the motor is ticking like it's a lifter, then all hell broke loose and it got a real bad knock like a wrench had been thrown into it. I checked the oil and it was perfect. Today i dropped the pan and pulled the mains on the crank and the caps off the rods well guess what it was missing the bearing in the cap on number 2 and the bearing in the rod on number 4. now my question is where are they! and if i flush the motor , turn the crank, and replace the bearings will every thing be kosher or do i need a new engine.WTF

 

[pnishr]

Well, eventually, yes, you're probably f-ed and you'll need to have the engine rebuilt. Having said that, you can probably run it if you get new bearings in it. Your crank is probably sh1t, and chewed up, so any bearings you put in will get chewed up fast too. So, you CAN continue to run it and replace bearings, but you NEED to rebuild it (new crank or LOTS of turning probably involved.

As for where they went... I don't know, you got any magician friends, cause that sh1t is crazy.

 

[TSG59_Steve]

Wow, uh. How did this happen? Stock motor?

 

[91talonawdtsi]

I have built alot of motors before although this is my first dsm but i have never seen them disappear i even had two friends look at it and they cant figure it out. Who knows i'm going to just rebuild it i guess.

 

[91talonawdtsi]

Thought i would come through and resolve all my posts. Found the bearings when i rebuilt the motor i didnt clean the block or oil valleys and water valleys. The engine ran for about ten minutes before sucking up a peice of metal and locking it up. had to get a new block.