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Title: Blew the Engine...
Post by: TragicImage on July 30, 2006, 08:04:39 PM
Blew the engine today......in the lawnmower whie I was cutting the grass

loud metallic !!PING!! noise and all power was gone even had to leave the lawn 1/2 mowed.


makes me wonder about the engine in my GS.... being that the two are so closely related.
Title: Re: Blew the Engine...
Post by: rangerbrown on July 30, 2006, 08:06:33 PM
any details yet? (pictures)
sounds like a rod went
Title: Re: Blew the Engine...
Post by: annguyen1981 on July 30, 2006, 08:10:32 PM
What vehicle was this?
Title: Re: Blew the Engine...
Post by: Egaeus on July 30, 2006, 08:11:32 PM
Zoom is your friend.
Title: Re: Blew the Engine...
Post by: TragicImage on July 30, 2006, 08:12:02 PM
uhm, it was my lawnmower....



And I'm pretty sure its a nasty mess somewhere.  Oil absolutely REEKS of gasoline.
Title: Re: Blew the Engine...
Post by: annguyen1981 on July 30, 2006, 08:12:16 PM
gotcha.  I thought those were ...'s
Title: Re: Blew the Engine...
Post by: TragicImage on July 30, 2006, 08:13:33 PM
Quote from: rangerbrown on July 30, 2006, 08:06:33 PM
any details yet? (pictures)
sounds like a rod went


yea... who knows, I'll tear into it tomorrow and see what happened.  Take pictures.  Small engines are a hoot to work on.