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Just to amuse you all.... a friend here in France has a 1931 Citroen C4. He is not a mechanic, but an excellent baker. Anyway he said his C4 was not running very well. So I had a look at it and did a compression test. No compression on No 2 cylinder.

So I took the cylinder head off and there was no piston to be seen!!!! I thought perhaps it was a joke, he was winding me up.

So I dropped the sump and raked around a found this lot. The crank was unharmed and the cylinder bore was unmarked.
 

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Absolutely incredible! I hope that I don't have any major damage on mine. I am contacting a engine builder today that a friend of mine told me about Last night,Ralph
 
Tony Hillyard said:
Just to amuse you all.... a friend here in France has a 1931 Citroen C4. He is not a mechanic, but an excellent baker. Anyway he said his C4 was not running very well. So I had a look at it and did a compression test. No compression on No 2 cylinder.

So I took the cylinder head off and there was no piston to be seen!!!! I thought perhaps it was a joke, he was winding me up.

So I dropped the sump and raked around a found this lot. The crank was unharmed and the cylinder bore was unmarked.
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Glue all those pieces onto a board, and it will make a nice wall hanging. :)

That's the most extreme blown rod and piston that I've seen, and it's hard to believe the cylinder and crankshaft weren't damaged. :confused:
 
Young military mechanics are well known for having great strength.

If WWIII ever starts, appears never a bad idea for the U.S. to ship boat loads of "Engine Turning Tools" to the enemies' Military Vehicle Repair Shops.
 
Tony Hillyard said:
Just to amuse you all.... a friend here in France has a 1931 Citroen C4. He is not a mechanic, but an excellent baker. Anyway he said his C4 was not running very well. So I had a look at it and did a compression test. No compression on No 2 cylinder.

So I took the cylinder head off and there was no piston to be seen!!!! I thought perhaps it was a joke, he was winding me up.

So I dropped the sump and raked around a found this lot. The crank was unharmed and the cylinder bore was unmarked.
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Did one of the connecting rod to crank bolts vibrate off then that caused the mayhem? One looks surprisingly undamaged while the cap is bent out like a tin can....
 
I think that must have been what happened Seaslugs. That is the conclusion I came to. You would have thought the driver would have stopped before the final death noise drove him completely mad!
 
Tony Hillyard said:
I think that must have been what happened Seaslugs. That is the conclusion I came to. You would have thought the driver would have stopped before the final death noise drove him completely mad!
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That had to have sounded awful and would have felt that even if you were completely deaf haha
 
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