1.8 major rebuild . we put in everything new crank to cam rods pistons . 700 miles on the new motor and i now have a quater size hole in the block right under the intake and ac bracket . The car showed no signs of any trouble it was running perfectly all of a sudden boom white smoke and a fricken hole in the block. the body on this car is in great shape no rust just clear coat fading. the interior is in good shape 1 rip on drivers seat anyone want to buy it im done with this stuff no more older cars for me i need to get rid of it any takers

 

if you live in NY id take it....i wouldnt mind doin repairs....

 

Yeah same here if you were in Pa I'd be all over that too.

 

did you find out what caused the hole?? couldnt have thrown a rod, the 1.8 dont have that kind of power.. maybe you installed something incorrectly and it was just a ticking time bomb..

 

no rod knock, before it happened, everthing was tourqued to specs. the car was running perfect before this happened i plan on pulling theoilpan next weekend tosee if anything came loose

 

where is the hole in the block. Sure its not a freeze plug?