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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1.6L ?

I’ve seen bad connecting rod bearings let go and send the bottom of the rod literally through/out the side of the engine block casting. A hole big enough to put your hand through in the side of the bock. Usually it’s the #3 cylinder.

Then if you’ve got really bad luck, if it punches out on the left side of the block, it instantly dumps about 4 quarts of oil onto you 1,200F upstream cat, which instantly catches fire.

Saw one burned up just exactly like that. [/quote]

I'm pretty sure it's a 2.0 engine. If it's not 2.0 it's 2.4. 
Would the new one that they are putting in be ok though? I mean I hope they don't just replace it with the ones that blow up. I should be ok now...right? Haha[/quote]

The replacement engine is fine. The issue was with a batch of bearings that were improperly heat treated, and thus wore faster than they should’ve, allowing the rod and piston itself to rattle around inside the cylinder bore, to the point where the piston will hit the bottom of the head and valves. They’ll eventually rattle around so much the connecting rod end caps will come loose and when that happens, it goes out the side of the block. It’s very exciting! [/quote]

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