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Old 08-26-2022, 07:56 PM   #756
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Originally Posted by toeout View Post
I got the car back from the dealer with the new engine. The invoice confirmed that the failure was due to the RTV blocking the oil pickup.



i still dont believe the clogged pickup only damaged a single rod bearing

blocked pickup would damage all 4 bearings to some extent.

any way you can ask the dealer to check the other rod bearings for damage?

iirc, there's 3 failures that are all related to a cyl 1 rod bearing

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