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Old 12-23-2020, 11:27 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DrBacon View Post
The consensus seems to be the main bearings were incorrectly sized, there's no evidence it was an oiling issue as all other bearings are fine (but they will be replaced just in case as well) and the oil passages are good. The block will be going to a machine shop to be checked over and cleaned, $1,400 depth gauges will be used to correctly size the new bearings this time.
Was Plastigage used during assembly? That would have given you a heads-up that something wasn't quite right.
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