I was going to put a rod through the case but I turned it off in time!  :-)

I'd heard that sound before.......

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:

> A quick poll? How many people have had a rod on a 2.1 come thru the case?
> One for me.
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>
> At  3/21/2009 02:07 PM, Chris S wrote:
>
>> You are correct.  To add a little more info, the 2.1l bolts are of
>> stretch variety.  This means they stretch under torque during the
>> initial install.  The trouble is that after many miles, a widely
>> disputed 125k - 150k miles,  they stretch some more causing a drop in
>> oil pressure.  It is good to monitor oil pressure in your 2.1l WBX.
>>
>> Now,  some people report having put over 200K miles on their 2.1
>> bottom end without a rebuilt.
>>
>> On 3/21/09, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
>> > Zoltan wrote:
>> >> I think, Boston Bob told me once, that he is using non-stretch bolts
>> from
>> >> the 1.9 engine in the 2.1, instead of the original stretch bolt.  Any
>> of
>> >> you know this?
>> >> Zoltan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > While the matter of these bolts has been brought up, it's worthy of
>> > mention of the original problem with them. Apparently the original 2.1L
>> > rod bolts were subject to elongating and  allowing the rod ends to go
>> > oval, thus losing oil pressure resulting in a burned bearing followed by
>> > the engine seizing,  and subsequently a thrown rod. Changing to the 1.9L
>> > bolt apparently put an end to that nonsense. I have not heard of using
>> > the diesel bolt for that purpose, but perhaps so.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > John Rodgers
>> > 88 GL Driver
>> >
>>
>

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