Has anyone ever heard of a siezed 4G63?

[gofastman]

A friend recenty bought a Galant VR4 and on the way home the engine siezed (sp?) I have never heard of this, only spun bearings or bent valves. (I'm more familiar with the 6G72) Anyone know what could have happend?

[Super Bleeder!!]

no oil? timing belt snap? balance shaft seize?

[Matt D.]

Spun bearings can make an engine seize.

[gofastman]

no oil? timing belt snap? balance shaft seize?
balancing shaft belt broke, timing belt started to shred, oil pump and balancing shaft were very hard to turn, oil looked like it had metal in it, and i think the head gasket poped :eek:

[blageo23]

Yah the balance shaft was pretty hard to move until broken free. The oil pump turns but was hard until broken free also. The crank DOES NOT move. We tried to turn it and hit a piston down and NOTHING. Today we are pulling the pan and hopefully will get all of our questions answerd.

[sleepydsm]

I saw the bearings, and crank last night. HOLY SHIT never seen anything like it before. Pics should be up soon.

[Shane55113]

Heres a pic i took with my phone, I'm having a hard time uploading them all together so i have to go one by one.

[Shane55113]

pic 2, this is the other half of the bearing

[Shane55113]

pic three

[Shane55113]

this was a pic of the top of the same piston that had the shredded bearing, the thing is that there was no broken valves, but you can clearly see that its a broken off valve that hit it.