View Single Post
Old 03-05-08, 07:23 AM   #34 (permalink)
Julian West's Avatar
Julian West
7 Tenths
United Kingdom
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Devon, UK
GT40: GTD
Posts: 750
Rep Power: 14 Julian West has a spectacular aura about
Re: 302 failure - any opinions???

Quote:
Originally Posted by speed220mph View Post
The cause was super low viscosity oil being used for qualifying. Squeezed out the oil under load and it was metal to metal . . . bang. The crank is being reused, but the rod and piston is junk.

Just a thought, the oil I was using was Mobil 15W-50 fully synthetic.... would this be related??

Regds,
Julian West is offline   Reply With Quote