Originally Posted by AussieNath
Hey Rich, looks like you got an even bigger hole in the bellhousing than me. What other damage did the failure cause? Did you have to have the gearbox pulled apart too?
What are the two broken conrods from? (not the same event I would have thought)
The conrods were the start. I bought the car as a repariable writeoff. The damage was done as a result of fast, high rev thru a puddle and the water was ingested via the air intake at bumper level. this is not a one of type event either as other blogs on this site show. After the rebuild I put on a pod filter at engine top level and get terrific sound when hitting the load pedal. The new mini's have the same problem. I have posted a brief about this on another part of this site. I will provide a full story on the car engine rebirth on the aroca vic site in the future. My diff story started when the car was to be put thru a roadworthy and the rest is history. The gearbox was not touched the damage was low speed and instant. I only changed the oil twice as a precaution. The car has done over 1000kms and not missed a beat. If you get to Alfesta Qld over easter we may compare notes