LE5 Engine Blow Up! (Need Advice)
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LE5 Engine Blow Up! (Need Advice)
So heres the back ground info, I have a 2008 Cobalt Sport with an LE5 motor. I supercharged it last january (went one year before issue's) and to be clear the S/C did not cause this. So i started my car to warm it up before i went to work. Leaving my house when i got the car around the corner from my house the serpentine belt shredded a rib and i hadent had this problem sense i first S/c. I got it back to my friends house (just down the road 1000ft) the car stopped running right as i got to the house. In the hellish winter weather we have in (Bend Oregon) i went out in -10 weather and changed the belt around and then the battery was dead. after 30min of trying to jump nothing. so i got it towed to my house(Friend tows cars for a living thank god) and in my garage. going out in my drive way a few days later i see rainbow colors in the melting snow. Where did that come from? well i went and looked at my oil pan and sure enough there is a big hole in the pan... My timing chain hasn't been changed sense i got the car at 84,000 miles its currently at 136,000 miles. something inside the motor is fucked . So i will have more updates to come on what i find wrong. my question is what should i do? Get another LE5 motor or would it be better to rebuild? if a rebuild is the best idea is there a forum post that can walk me through the rebuild? All help is appreciated and i will post pics through out the rebuild. looking to just put forged internals in it so i can have a 400hp balt. Let me know what you think and would love to have the support of our community
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Hole in the oil pan, perhaps there is a rod laying somewhere down the street. How do u know it want the supercharger. Putting more stress on parts that were not originally meant to see boost could have weakened them over the year, then maybe a rod just gave up. Just my idea, not saying that's it, but u never know. Put an lnf in it lol
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Op were you boosting at all before it broke?
I dont think a rod would just break due to previous stresses. Ive been beating the **** out of my l61 on stock rods and my engine is fine. Possibly you hit something in the street, drained the oil and seized it up?
I dont think a rod would just break due to previous stresses. Ive been beating the **** out of my l61 on stock rods and my engine is fine. Possibly you hit something in the street, drained the oil and seized it up?
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boosting 6 lbs, never had a problem with the car until now. I started it up before work and let it warm up for 15min then drove down the icy street not doing a pull or putting stress on the motor. I have taken off the fuel rail and the valves in there look fine so i'm assuming it was an exhaust valve maybe.
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no, So i removed my S/c and looked at the intake valves and they all look fine. I then removed the valve cover and all the springs look good and timing chain is in place but motor is still seized. when i looked into the spark plug holes at the cylinders and pistons they all look fine except piston one it looks to have a hole in the center. but i can't tell until i pull the head off. My problem is i have never taken a head off a cobalt.. can i leave the cams in and remove the timing chain and the studs in the head and remove it? is there a form post someone could link me to for this part of the take down?
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Remove the cams and sll the rollers and rods. Keep them very neat and organized incasr you put it back together. It's important everything goes where it was ( unless you go new )
Reason being is the head will have to be machined and tested.
Again this is only if you plan on re-using it, might be easier to drop a new motor in it when you see te damage to the block.
Oh and it's easy to take these heads off . Loosen the cams, take the timing chain tension out and slip the chain off. Buy a 6 pack and before you finish 2-3 beer it's out.
Reason being is the head will have to be machined and tested.
Again this is only if you plan on re-using it, might be easier to drop a new motor in it when you see te damage to the block.
Oh and it's easy to take these heads off . Loosen the cams, take the timing chain tension out and slip the chain off. Buy a 6 pack and before you finish 2-3 beer it's out.
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Hey guy i have an update for you all, Today i finally had time to remove the head. the pistons look okay lots of miles on them lol all my valves were there but when i manually tried turning the engine it didnt move one bit.. what could that mean?
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So heres the back ground info, I have a 2008 Cobalt Sport with an LE5 motor. I supercharged it last january (went one year before issue's) and to be clear the S/C did not cause this. So i started my car to warm it up before i went to work. Leaving my house when i got the car around the corner from my house the serpentine belt shredded a rib and i hadent had this problem sense i first S/c. I got it back to my friends house (just down the road 1000ft) the car stopped running right as i got to the house. In the hellish winter weather we have in (Bend Oregon) i went out in -10 weather and changed the belt around and then the battery was dead. after 30min of trying to jump nothing. so i got it towed to my house(Friend tows cars for a living thank god) and in my garage. going out in my drive way a few days later i see rainbow colors in the melting snow. Where did that come from? well i went and looked at my oil pan and sure enough there is a big hole in the pan... My timing chain hasn't been changed sense i got the car at 84,000 miles its currently at 136,000 miles. something inside the motor is fucked . So i will have more updates to come on what i find wrong. my question is what should i do? Get another LE5 motor or would it be better to rebuild? if a rebuild is the best idea is there a forum post that can walk me through the rebuild? All help is appreciated and i will post pics through out the rebuild. looking to just put forged internals in it so i can have a 400hp balt. Let me know what you think and would love to have the support of our community
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