Blown Rod

[ollerich29]

A mechanic friend of mine told me I have a blown rod in my 98 1500 with the 5.2l and only 85000 miles. He was thinking it would be about 1k-2k to fix, but i found a reman for 2k and a three year unlimited mile warranty. We haven't looked inside yet to see how much damage it caused and it didn't go through the block, still no oil on the garage floor it happened 6/26 on the way back from camping. I'm hopeful that we can get it fixed on the lower end but part of me wants to replace. Any thoughts would be great.

 

[Lethalweapon100]

A mechanic friend of mine told me I have a blown rod in my 98 1500 with the 5.2l and only 85000 miles. He was thinking it would be about 1k-2k to fix, but i found a reman for 2k and a three year unlimited mile warranty. We haven't looked inside yet to see how much damage it caused and it didn't go through the block, still no oil on the garage floor it happened 6/26 on the way back from camping. I'm hopeful that we can get it fixed on the lower end but part of me wants to replace. Any thoughts would be great.

I hope your mechanic friend plans on digging a little deeper to see whats actually wrong with it before you throw an engine at it because its supposedly blown up.

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[auskip07]

what makes you think you FYI its "Threw a rod"? usually its a very violent process and most of the time you put a hole in your block unless you broke it right at the crank which is lucky.

Blown engines
Thrown Rods

 

[Rustycowl69]

my wife blew a rod in my old 360 Duster. She said it just "stopped", and there was smoke and steam. She was doing about 60mph on the freeway. I thought she had just split a rad hose. When I went to fix it, I turned the key, and all it did was go "CLANK". I got down on my belly, and looked at the engine, and there was a big split in the pan, and a hole in the block pan rail. When I tore it down, the cam was in three pieces, and there was no more cylinder wall between #3 & #5. There might be a lot more damage, but I'd seen enough.

 

[dapepper9]

Get more info and dig some more on whether it is in fact a rod.

 

[ollerich29]

Pulled the motor found out i had a spun rod bearing (hope that's the right terminology), had a leaky gasket and coolant was getting into the oil. Ended up with some cylinder wall damage, so decided on a reman. Gonna get a new oil pump, timing chain, plenum gasket looks good. Anything else i should consider while motor is out? What is a good source i can get torque specs from? Thank you all for your help in advance.

 

[dapepper9]

You can find the factory service manual for download here in the diy section. Has everything you need.

Perfect time to do any headers for a little extra grunt and do plenum

 

[Yeret]

Get yourself a Cloyes 3028X timing chain. It's a double roller so it's much stronger than a single and it's only a bit more money. And no clearance issues, so you don't have to get a different cover.

And do yourself a favor and spend the extra money for Fel Pro stuff. I've read of too many re-gasketed engines that leak almost immediately after a freshen-up because the owner opted for cheap gaskets.