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Originally Posted by Rob_G77
I am no expert, but I'd think something was modified and the engine blew at a higher (racing) RPM - hence the holes in the block. I know the engine is mostly aluminum, but there didn't seem to be a trace of water or rust in it.
Rob
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All the rodbearings are in new like state.
If high revs kills an engine, either the bearings were at real high stress or the valves hit the pistons (valves start to float), or the engine gets so hot, the piston seizes. Neither thing looks like happened. If the piston seizes, it usually just stalls and doesnt break a rod because it goes fairly gradually with extended high revs (that said, it's cyl#6, the one that runs hottest..)
So hydrolocking still looks like a plausible cause, 2 cylinders next to eachother were locked, so the gulp of water went to the back (maybe inertia?)
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Originally Posted by ChrisK
Oh yeah. People hydro-lock engines all the time by driving in deep water or puddles and the engine sucks it in.
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Originally Posted by CrippledLucifer
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The landrovers, I can understand, showing off for the kids. But the rest...
Shows that BMW makes great cars and really bad submarines
BTW hydrolocking can of course also occur when a car gets off the road and slips into a ditch with standing water.