Our 1995 850 seems to have broken a rod today at 114K miles. The piston doesn't move when the crank does but the other 4 cylinders move and have good compression. I was able to move the piston by tapping firmly on it.
Anyone seen this before and know the chances of salvaging this block and crank? I assume the crankcase is full of junk resulting from the failure that would have to be cleaned out to rebuild the bottom end, and that the crank requires measurement for bending and magnaflux for crack detection.
Or...to save the car is it better to just find a used engine?
Or...maybe for the price of an engine and the work of a swap it's better to just get another beater? (This isn't the primary car.)
JRE