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Originally Posted by justatroll
If there is no other damage anywhere in cyl #3, then I believe that it WAS hydrolock that caused the rod to bend.
Fuel OR water could do that.
However if it had been water, there would likely have been some evidence.
If the cylinder filled up completely with fuel, then there would be evidence of fuel in the oil because it would leak past the rings into the case.
You could have the oil analyzed, but it is probably long gone now.
Could the engine have run for a long time with the rod bent like that???
Maybe
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Yeah the oil is probably gone as you say and won't be able to examine that.
And well I never heard any knocking sound until that day in my house. Never even had issues before.
Another thing to note though, upon speaking with the service manager in Illinois, he did say the previous owner had aftermarket parts. It's even noted in the history saying "Advised customer that after arket parts must be removed prior to us making any warranty repairs." But he also told me "when he brought the car in with the blown motor, it was obvious to me that he had taken a lot of aftermarket parts off the car (the way he made it sound was as if the guy had turbo/supercharged it). He said the engine had a hole it in when he brought it in. But since there was no actual evidence of him abusing of the engine, Toyota covered it. It took them a while, but they covered it.