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Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 18th, 2008, 7:19 pm
by Xavier
Pulled the old k8 out of my Mx-3 and this is what i found in the Oilpan.

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Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 18th, 2008, 10:04 pm
by se7en
lol, looks like you broke a rod....

no time for ZE???

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Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 18th, 2008, 11:43 pm
by Xavier
No money for ZE, i'm set for the swap though. Got the ECU, and the turbo + manifolds.

Is it normal for these engines to only last 160,*** miles?

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 18th, 2008, 11:53 pm
by 93MX3KLZE-T
WOW!!! I hope I never see that in my oil pan. It looks like you have half a rod there.

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 12:30 am
by lowflyinmx3
Slap a little J.B. weld on there and stick her back together and call it a day. lol.

That sucks tho, but now you have an excuse for the ze.....

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 1:06 am
by SmoothMX3
Wow, Honestly ... If i seen that in my oil pan the only words that could come to mind is "HOLY BATMAN!"

Taking the motor out because?

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 1:36 am
by Flyer
SmoothMX3 wrote:Wow, Honestly ... If i seen that in my oil pan the only words that could come to mind is "HOLY BATMAN!"

Taking the motor out because?
Maybe because a rod went? >_>

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 1:52 am
by se7en
Flyer wrote:
SmoothMX3 wrote:Wow, Honestly ... If i seen that in my oil pan the only words that could come to mind is "HOLY BATMAN!"

Taking the motor out because?
Maybe because a rod went? >_>


lol, That's funny :)

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 3:34 am
by TREVO123
Thats what happend to my daytona and then she ran for like 5mins and then she was done

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 4:21 am
by SmoothMX3
Flyer wrote:
SmoothMX3 wrote:Wow, Honestly ... If i seen that in my oil pan the only words that could come to mind is "HOLY BATMAN!"

Taking the motor out because?
Maybe because a rod went? >_>
They way he said that, I was thinking the reason was another problem. excuse me.

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 5:58 pm
by Mooneggs
my k8 is still going strong after 189k....

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 8:23 pm
by SmoothMX3
Whats the average life expectantcy of the k8?
makes me want to be very easy on the k8. haha

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 24th, 2008, 3:22 pm
by mx3autozam
Looks like my first ZE. I tried to kill my K8 and ran it for a month with no oil and beat the piss out of it and it still ran great.lol So reliable comapred to my ZE's LOL...so what you putting in the car now?

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 24th, 2008, 9:19 pm
by 94mx3precidia
lol after reading the first cupple posts i thaught he was serious.

what happened?

Re: Should this have been in my oilpan?

Posted: February 25th, 2008, 7:11 pm
by Xavier
K8 for the time being. And yes i pulled the motor because the rod went. As soon as i get the cash gathered back up i'll be deciding whether to go with de or ze whichever best fits my needs. Already have the Turbo manifold and turbo. So i will definitely build whichever 2.5 i get for that purpose. With the K8 in there i'm going to focus on suspension cuz the stock suspension setup sure ain't going to cut it when i have the 300+ horsepower i'm aiming for.