.46 Engine Death

[SwiftTech]

Well, Thanksgiving weekend was not so good to my Savage. The .46 motor bit the dust. It was not running well at all that day, killing glow plugs, then the motor seized. I finally got around to tearing it down today. Here are some pics. Looks like one of the main bearings failed. The cage is missing a big piece. It got jammed in one of the ports, but not before causing a whole lot of problems. I don't know if I will try to fix it or not. For now I put the stock 21 back in the truck.

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[BIGDAN89]

its not worth fixing the ole .46 why dont you save up for a lrp or even a f 4.6 ?

[Bankrupter]

yea dont put money in that motor... lay it to rest. Thanks for the share though!

[Pope]

Wow sorry a out your motor

[Hypnotiq]

wow... sounds like its a goner.. id put the piston on a key chain and call it one.

[SwiftTech]

yup its done for, all part of the hobby right :) Almost got it running with the 21 motor today. Got it installed and started, but it died while warming up, and then the glow starter was dead. Should be able to run it a bit tomorrow though.

[Larsenracing]

Wow yup she did some pretty good damage. Lay her to rest as the guys have said a purchase a new mill.

[Pope]

Great chance to get a great mill and not feel guilty for droping the cash.

[Shaun]

yep its definately a book end now!! lol time to go shopping!! lol

[Promc]

I feel for you man,me & my mate both had engines (an f4.6 & f3.5) go a few weeks ago during the same bash.Ive already bought a new f4.6,just got to run it in :)