what are the signs of a blown engine...

 

Man, that's a rought first post. Hopefully yours isn't blown!
What is your engine doing?

 

Signs ?

how about it doesnt work ?

Rough starting/idling/running

when hot it wont go faster than certain speed?

Oh even better, how about a search ?

 

Uhm...

Engine pinging at idle. Erratic idle. From a stop, very sluggish...Loss of Power all around....Things of that nature.

 

A smile of satisfaction.

 

Not running is the first clue.

If it's "dying" but not dead, running like crap, not starting, not developing power.

If you fear you did something, if it ...

... Barfed metallic parts all over the road
... castastropically detonated and took parts of the front off with it
... bled its guts out over your driveway

chances are your engine is blown.

 

There's a classic sign called "the paint can shaker dance of death". You'll know it when you see it. Doesn't happen to every blown engine, but the next one could be yours..........

 

man that is just godly scarry

 

My experience is smoke followed by fire, sirens then alot of firemen... That was a sure sign to me when I blew up those cars.... Hope it never happens to my Flea

 

u named ur 8 flea?!?!

 

I'm afraid to ask what prompted this thread. Hope your 8 doesn't have a blown engine. I got some questions for you though:

- What year?
- A/T or M/T
- Have you had the recalls performed?
- FI ? (turbo or SC?)
- any engine mods?

 

The CEL goes blinking every few minutes, and you can't go above a certain speed.

 

trust fanman, he's been there...

 

Unfortunately. It's the sickest feeling a rotary head can have. An almost vile violation. The you start adding up how much it will cost to repair...ughhh

 

Depends on the type of "blown" engine your talking about. Water coolant line - alot of white smoke, constant refilling the radiator overflow, exhaust smells like coolant.

Blown apex seal - vibrates but after a certain rpm - 1800 - it's going fast enough that you don't notice the vibration, sounds like a helicopter (the exhaust note that is), usually breaks a motor mount as well, might not be able to hold idle

What's yours doing?

Tim