Mitsubishi Mirage Pics

[craig]

Ok, wait. How the hell does RTV get sucked through the screen for the pickup tube? Let alone a piece big enough to clog an oil port? One more thing. A clogged oil squirter will not choke off enough oil to send a rod through the block. All the oil squirters do is spray oil at the bottom of the pistons to cool them off a little. They don't do anything for lubrication of moving parts.

I agree plus chunks of rtv through the oil screen that would take effort to sift flower through come on. If anything would have happened it would be a bearing failure on a rod that could be cause by a number of things including unchanged oil or just a bad part.

[sleepydsm]

I have seen personally RTV in rod oiling holes and other areas of engine lubrication areas where it shouldn't have been, so I believe it's possible.

I have heard a lot of negative things about this Twitch guy, but who is to say that mark didn't build a shitty engine?

Sounds like you bought this car with a freshly built engine with under 1000 miles on it. I would never trust anyone enough to buy a car with an engine with so little miles on it. You have no idea if it was assembled correctly, broke in properly, etc. Even if this kid maintained the engine better, broke it in better, still could have failed regardless, we'll never know.

[Kracka]

You took a chance when buying a swapped car with a freshly built engine in it. Buying a used car, especially an older modified one, is "buyer beware" and frankly you were in way above your head. You know nothing about these cars and it would have been a much smarter idea to just buy a nice stock 1G (as everyone told you to do). There is also no reason you couldn't have gotten an inspection done prior to purchasing the car.

If Chim doesn't have his wheel back or Mark his tach (or appropriate payment) within the next month you'll be gone for good. I'm really getting sick of your posts, you've already been warned about bashing members; if you have a problem with someone then make a feedback thread in the appropriate section with honest information posted in a mature manner.

When you're back, if you play by the rules, I may consider unlocking this thread.