Just had sump off, think bearings are officially dead!!

[Steve Horrocks]

again, sorry for photo quality, but think you will get the idea!

basically, i'm guessin due to oil pump failing, the bearings have ran dry as a bone, gonna whip mains off aswell which'll no doubt be goosed also!

as you can see, they have turned a nice reddish colour & also distorted due to the heat:








can't see very well, but due to the wear on them, the metal shavings have plugged up the oil hole in the bearing & also in the recess at the end.

looks like it's gonna be another fun job for the car, startin to hate it more & more now!

[twistywizard]

Just like mine fella

Mine was due to a warped head gasket from a previous owner.

Being fixed as we speak though

[lodgeman]

hi
dont think that the colour is because of heat- looks like they have worn through to the copper being a two metal bearing. picture not clear though so i could be wrong.
alan

[p_j_smith]

Can not see pic's very well.

Was there a silver layer in the oil / sump?

If so you killed off all the soft metal as suggested in the last post, in that case I would also be checking your crank for damage.

Cheers

Peter

[Steve Horrocks]

as lodgeman said, they appear to have worn down a lot, but due to the heat & severe wear, they have bent/deformed to a totally different radious & obvioulsy sit nowhere near the bearing caps!

oil was drained aaaaaaaaaaaaages ago but no recolection of metalic layers on top of it. crank is gonna be removed & inspected anyway, expecting mains bearings to be dead also. on first quick inspection, crank *looks* ok, but obviously i'm gonna measure them for size/ovality/taper & inspect for general surface finish of them. it's just the long & expensive road of fixing it *again* now