146,000 Blown Engine cam shaft blew through the engine block. Parts of the cam shaft and piston ripped through the engine block and oil pan destroying the engine completely.
Car was running in idle while mechanic was attaching sensors to detect why it was running slightly rough. But there were no real problems that were detected prior to the blow out. Has this happened to any body else. I understand that 146 K is a lot but still to have the engine completely totaled with no real signs of problems seems a little strange.
The camshaft blew though the engine block? Are you sure? I am 99% positive the cam is in the head on these, and find it hard to believe, even if it is a cam in block design that the cam blew through the block. Are you sure it didn't throw a rod instead? I bet this resulted from a lack of routine maintenance. An engine doesn't just blow apart if there wasn't some sort of extreme condition happening to it.
He probably meant Crank shaft not cam shaft.
I used to go offroading a lot, and yes this is common on trucks that have sucked water into their engines while going through a river or something.
The water hydrolocks the engine and bends parts inside of it, then within a month or so it blows up at some point.
Whoever you bought it from probably sold it after they drained the water out and got it running again, everyone knows that after you hydrolock an engine its only going to be a matter of weeks before it blows up...
You got ripped off.
Not true, I hydralocked a 1985 4runner with a 22re and drove it for a year with a severely bent rod without damage to the crank or cylinder.
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