Diamondledinc
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Surprisingly enough it didn't throw one code.
Yeah, detonating will kill those rods without much hurry. you didn't throw the rod through the block? you're lucky!
Surprisingly enough it didn't throw one code.
This is from my friends sled. He was running 10-12# at 8-10k on 100ll the week before and the next week he rode the whole trip at 7# on 100ll. He rode hard all that week and the last day heading home he got on it on the trail let off and on again and it was over. This is on a 15 T3 that has 300 miles
You might be right……but lube for the bottom end on turbo etech is tricky. Oil added to the fuel is a double edged sword as far as lubrication goes. The only oil that would make it to the crank is whatever goes through the secondary injectors as boost comes on. The bottom rod journals on a stock crank have very little relief cut in them for oil access. But this also has the effect of holding oil in the bearing better as well. So if you now introduce fuel, or a fuel/oil premix at a low ratio (100/1 or 200/1) thru secondary injectors you run the risk of washing some of that lube out of the bearings. So why not add lots of oil to the tank to be safe? Well, now you have compromised the ability of the stock tune to give you a clean throttle at lower rpms and have significantly lowered the effective octane of your fuel. There is no easy way around this problem.not enough. imo.
You might be right……but lube for the bottom end on turbo etech is tricky. Oil added to the fuel is a double edged sword as far as lubrication goes. The only oil that would make it to the crank is whatever goes through the secondary injectors as boost comes on. The bottom rod journals on a stock crank have very little relief cut in them for oil access. But this also has the effect of holding oil in the bearing better as well. So if you now introduce fuel, or a fuel/oil premix at a low ratio (100/1 or 200/1) thru secondary injectors you run the risk of washing some of that lube out of the bearings. So why not add lots of oil to the tank to be safe? Well, now you have compromised the ability of the stock tune to give you a clean throttle at lower rpms and have significantly lowered the effective octane of your fuel. There is no easy way around this problem.
Every one of these failures that I have seen has had blue journals, overheated, lack of lubrication. The rod shears horizontally and takes out the case. All have had the oilers turned up. I have not heard of any failures with the new aftermarket rods, but to be fair I don't think a lot of miles have been put on them yet. Maybe Fred can chime in on what he has heard as far as the new rods holding up.
800 km so far on my linderman rods, and motor work. Running good.