1.) IH 503, combine, C282 engine, night time, hired man flagged me down, said it started to shake something awful, he had pulled the threshing clutch and idled it down just before I got there. Grabbed flashlight and noted smoke was billowing from engine area. Ran up ladder, and shut it off. Engine had thrown #5 rod and broken a hole in both sides of the block, but somehow hadn't yet locked up.
The next morning, we dumped in a gallon of used oil and started it long enough to raise the platform to tow it home.
2.) 1982 Chevy C-10 6.2 diesel pickup I bought new, 125,000 miles, was driving home, heard an odd rattle or two like they sometimes do when an injector gets sticky. Got home, popped the hood, it was idling quietly, grabbed the throttle lever on the IP and revved it up a bit (they are overspeed governed, you can't over rev them), CRUNCH, I was standing at the left front, and it spit 3 chunks of wristpin, a chunk of rod, part of the piston from #3, and pieces of the side of the block (and oil and coolant) at my feet.
Thought is broken wristpin started that fiasco.
3.) At least 3 GM 6.2 diesels belonging to customers that broke the crankshaft near the front at such an angle that they still ran (and POUNDED).
4.) A customer's '89 Chevy pkup 5.7, front main bolts worked loose, crank broke in front counterweight, still ran.
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