I don't believe in coincidences
I agree - I work on the same principle, but however much I think about it, I can't imagine how I could have done anything to cause it.
I keep beating myself up wondering if I did something - Everything was fitted spotlessly clean - set correctly - torqued correctly.
I didn't touch the oil cooler - and it was fine before, so it can't have "co-incidently" leaked...
Sump plug all intact.
When it blew - it dumped LOADS of oil on the road - indicating it hadn't all leaked out, and caused the failure.
Can't get my head around this one, other than bloody bad luck!
It's getting a bit like your tractor TB - it's personal - and it WILL be fixed !!!
dont beat yyourself up James, it aint your fault!! hers a poss scenario but i wouyldnt mind betting its the right one,
now i dont know who you b ought the car off/ and im not blaming them in any way
but here is how i see it and believe me i have seen many cars go this way!!!
the headgaskets were gone correct? so this means that water was in the combustion chambers or being forced into the oil gallerys on the head, either way it will have the same effect, and that is water gets mixed with the oil, which is not a good lubricant for big ends, so we dont know how ling the gaskets were gone or how many miles it has done with a water and oil mix in the sump, the previous owner may not have known either
as a lot of the water will be burnt/condensed off as the oil runs
very hot, however enough of it will score the bigends and mains, if the oil was changed just before you got or indeed a while before you got it there wouldnt be much siign of the impending disaster, as fresh oil will take up the slack in the system till it gets really hot when the tolerances will simoly become to large and the bigend will let go,
so what i am sayimg is a motor that has haed gasket gone will often blow its bottom end if used for anytime with the headgasket gone!!! unless yiou had pulled the sump off and checked a big end and a main bearing for scoring you wouldnt have known ,
hope that makes sense to all
and answers a question?
seen it to many times to know it happens a lot!!
Omegatoy