Coolant in the oil

these are Chevy main bearings too not rod bearings



"rob" > wrote in message
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> the rod in the bearing shot was fine, the bent rod in the other shot was
> caused by hydroloc due to a blown head gasket causing the cyl to fill with
> coolant.
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> "Steve" > wrote in message
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> > Sportster4Eva wrote:
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> http://home.bresnan.net/~robs440/ima...20bearings.jpg
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> > >> Those bearings look like termites had been eating them. How did those
> > >> bearings in that picture get damaged?
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> > > Look to the right of those bearing shells, which are rod bearings
> > > BTW..what do you see..yeah...a mangled connecting rod!
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> > Hard to tell, but that looks like a perfectly normal rod to me... EXCEPT
> > for the chocolate pudding residue from coolant/oil mixing slathered all
> > around it....
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rob wrote:

> these are Chevy main bearings too not rod bearings
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Ahh...My mistake. I had forgotten that the top main shells are grooved.
The location of the oil hole should have been the tip off....
It's been years since I had a small block apart.



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Paul
'91 XL1200
'77 GL1000 (W.I.P.)
"I feel more like I do now than when I got here"