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Alfa Romeo Brera - engine damaged- what caused it? - charms1713

What would be the difference in damage from an oil loss causing the engine to stop and oil over fill. initial inspection from taking the sump off is a bent con rod. The head has not been removed as yet.

Would their be obvious damage shown when the head is removed to the engine to show the car ran with very low oil until it cut out.???Due leaking oil from a pipe under pressure.

Alfa Romeo Brera - engine damaged- what caused it? - Peter.N.

A bent con rod will either be caused by a siezed big end bearing due to lack of oil, in which case there is unlikely to be evidence under the head, or it could be because of a hydraulic lock because oil or water has entered the bores, can't really see how that much oil could get in though.

Alfa Romeo Brera - engine damaged- what caused it? - Bolt

A bent con rod will either be caused by a siezed big end bearing due to lack of oil, in which case there is unlikely to be evidence under the head, or it could be because of a hydraulic lock because oil or water has entered the bores, can't really see how that much oil could get in though.

I`ve seen a K series 1.4 do that, run out of oil, overheated, cracked the head filled the bore with coolant, locked up

Alfa Romeo Brera - engine damaged- what caused it? - injection doc

If its a 2.0ltr these engines are very prone to rod failure full stop.

usually number 2 or 3 cylinder. It can often happen after an oil change and usually around 70-80K engine mileage.

If these engnes are just allowed to run with the oil on the minimum mark this will often lead to conrod failure.

Alfa Romeo Brera - engine damaged- what caused it? - craig-pd130

If the engine failure was caused by low oil levels, there could well be evident signs of wear in the valve gear, especially the camshaft bearings, cam lobes and followers / buckets. These parts are furthest from the oil pump, and will wear the fastest if the oil level drops so low that oil pressure cannot be maintained.

Things to look for are score marks on the cam bearing journals, wear or 'blueing' on the cam lobes through the case-hardening, and the same on the followers.

It's a little unusual to bend a conrod without either breaking a piston (hydraulic lock in the cylinder, dropped valve) or catastrophic big-end bearing failure.