Engine Failure TB42E

[DUBAI4X4]

Driving back home last night my GQ decided to go BOOM on me and completely stopped :x , I managed to pull up on the side of the road and opened the hood to find some smoke and a very bad coming from the front on the engine where my air filter sits. I tried to start it but the engine felt like it wanted to jump out of the engine bay I guessing it is either the connecting rods or the crank shaft :cry:
Any ideas?

[DUBAI4X4]

The patrol is officially dead :x

The Pistons are broken and the crank shaft is damaged Pieces of the piston rings where sitting in the intake manifold when I opened her up :x
Apparently the timing chain broke and caused everything to go BOOM :shock:

I really miss her :cry:

I am thinking installing a TB45E instead of the TB42E or a V8 but I am not sure how reliable that is

[big red]

its probably cheaper to install a 350 chev and they seem very reliable.
get an injected one or even better get a brand new crate motor from the USA.
marks adaptors i think [ www.marks4wd.com ] should have all you need.

[Link]

Sorry to hear about your engine :cry:

A V8 will be reliable enough, but there's a lot of little problems associated with the conversion that'll need to be sorted..

[Freakazoid]

My condolences on the loss. Does anybody know if it is possible to get hold of the new 4.8 engine and what is involved in putting it into the GQ?

[DUBAI4X4]

I am gona be looking saturday on wards it really depends on how much I can spend then anything is possible

[xltmav]

how many km had the engine done?