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Topic: Is a starter powerfull enough to bend a rod?
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1990GT50
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Well ive been trying to get my truck running for a while and every time i tried to start it i would pump the gas (its carbureted) i didnt realy think about it until i cranked the motor and it cranked then stopped suddenly. I appear to have hydro-locked it and pulled all the plugs. It was all fine except when i pulled one if them, gas poured out. I was just wondering if the you guys think i bent the rod?
THANKS
Posts: 877 | From: Benicia | Registered: Nov 2002
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JoeT
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a pushrod, I'd buy that (if the head was totally misadjusted), but a connecting rod? nah, I don't think it would do that, unless it was already on the way out, or somehow it got loose.
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Posts: 6785 | From: San Jose | Registered: Jun 2001
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1990GT50
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Originally posted by shade-:
a pushrod, I'd buy that (if the head was totally misadjusted), but a connecting rod? nah, I don't think it would do that, unless it was already on the way out, or somehow it got loose.
![[Whoo Whooooo!]](graemlins/woowoo.gif) thanks, you just made my day a lot less stressfull.
Posts: 877 | From: Benicia | Registered: Nov 2002
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BlackNGold
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yeah, not a connecting rod....
You might wanna change the oil after getting that much fuel in the cylinders/combustion chambers..... ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Posts: 5132 | From: Bay Area, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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1990GT50
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Originally posted by Black94 5.0:
yeah, not a connecting rod....
You might wanna change the oil after getting that much fuel in the cylinders/combustion chambers.....
hahaha..... i dont think it would be considered oil if you saw the amount of gas in it, but yeah i changed all that stuff already, thanks. ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
Posts: 877 | From: Benicia | Registered: Nov 2002
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Yellow94GT
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Deffinately not a connecting rod ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Posts: 5990 | From: Cameron Park, Ca | Registered: Sep 2001
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kwikrob
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A starter cannot bend a rod of any kind. If a pushrod is bent, it's not because of the starter.
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Posts: 382 | From: Bay Area | Registered: Feb 2002
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Sean90GT
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Originally posted by kwikrob:
A starter cannot bend a rod of any kind. If a pushrod is bent, it's not because of the starter.
I don't know about that Rob. Starters are very powerful electric torque mutlipliers. Just out of high school I had a '84 VW GTi. I was trying to find TDC once with a screwdriver in the spark plug hole of cylinder #1. Later in the job I forgot that the screwdriver was there and cranked the engine with the key. It launched the screwdriver in to the AC compressor and bent it pretty bad (not one of my proudest auto repair moments). The diameter of the screwdriver was at least that of a Mustang pushrod and if that little VW starter could do that I don't doubt a 5.0 starter could bend a pushrod in a hydro locked cylinder.
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Posts: 543 | From: Then: San Jose, CA Now: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: Jul 2000
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wilit
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You would be surprised how much torque a starter really does produce. I had a buddy bend a rod in a Mopar 360 from hydrolocking it with fuel. Something was wrong with the carb (cracked body or bad fuel bowl gasket or something stupid) fuel filled the #4 cyl. went to crank and POW! it quit cranking. Tore it down and found a bent rod.
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Posts: 4793 | From: 37.78514° North 122.40100° West | Registered: Oct 2003
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1990GT50
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well it still cranks over fine, and i cand start it until i get my new MSD box from jegs.
Posts: 877 | From: Benicia | Registered: Nov 2002
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1969Fastback351
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Nick you just an dumb ass and sold your car for a piece of shit truck that doesnt run hurry up and sell that piece and get another ford
Posts: 20 | From: Benicia | Registered: May 2003
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Bill/APEX Motorsports
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I've seen a severely leaking (brand new) injector fill the cylinder with fuel, increase the compression in that cylinder, and bend the rod. OUch.
The car only ran for about a minute before the motor stopped running. We pulled the plugs out, found the one that had fuel dripping off it, and cycled the motor. Two huge streams of fuel came shooting out before the cylinder was emptied.
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Posts: 488 | From: Santa Clara, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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