Katoom
Registered User
A lot of people are posting about broken crank shafts and balancers on the 3.8S/C
Is there any "early warning" signs of balancer failure and or crank breakage.
Is this mainly happening on cars with more than normal load on the front, such as S/C overdrive pullies or is it happening to stock motors.
Mine has 272,000Km on it and has only ever had the head gaskets replaced on it. I change the oil with Motorcraft every 3000Km and this motor runs like new. No smoke, no oil consumption, perfect runner. Lots of power too.
Is there any "early warning" signs of balancer failure and or crank breakage.
Is this mainly happening on cars with more than normal load on the front, such as S/C overdrive pullies or is it happening to stock motors.
Mine has 272,000Km on it and has only ever had the head gaskets replaced on it. I change the oil with Motorcraft every 3000Km and this motor runs like new. No smoke, no oil consumption, perfect runner. Lots of power too.