v8 problems

[ian_s]

while prepping a replacement V8 for my disco today i found some worrying bits of metal in the sump, which looked a bit like they were part of a piston. so i looked up inside the block and found this:

i think thats bad

so i took the head off that side and popped the piston out. sure enough its broken.

on the other side:

then i noticed something else on the block:

it looks like this liner has slipped down slightly.

bit more info:

its a standard rover 3.9 removed from a Range Rover, its only done 6k miles or so since it had a rebuild.

it did run for a few seconds the wrong way up after the RR it was in tried to do a barrel roll and failed, but its done a few thousand miles since then in a different RR without a problem.

so my questions are:

1) are the other pistons likely to be cracked like this one?

2) can i use the block with that liner the way it is?

thanks

Ian

[Bowie69]

1) Really easy to pop the others out and assess now it is in pieces.

2) You'd be silly to IMHO, it will only get worse. Is the top of the piston cleaner than the others?

[FridgeFreezer]

If that was me I'd probably file the whole thing in the bin and buy a running one, or even a whole P38. The amount of time & fixing that would require far outweighs the value of a new one these days IMHO.

[ian_s]

Thanks guys, thats pretty much what i thought.

unfortunately i need to get a running engine back in ASAP, got a baby due on 21st august, so could happen at any time. i also have bugger all money at the moment too.

i removed the old engine as it makes some nasty sounds, uses water and probably needs a new cam.

i'm going to strip the heads off the old engine, see which one of the two is likely to work best for a short while, and use parts off both to make that one usable. its only a short term fix but i need to get the car mobile at the very least.

maybe now i start saving for a 4.6......