[Yan2947]

Scott,
We knew there was some play in the crank. It was slightly out of spec. My car would stall sometimes when the clutch was depressed making us think that the crank sensor was not always engaged. Not sure but eventually it got bad quick. The vehicle the motor came from was salvaged with 65K miles but the insurance agent told me that it was a front side impact and not a head-on. He did not think that could have caused the destruction of the motor. My oil pan once hit the ground, cracking the pan as indicated in earlier posts. Other then those two incidents there appears to be nothing else. I have since put on a skid plate and recently got my tornsion bars upgraded to 30mm in the rear and 22mm in the front. No more squat. Hopefully I will never have an issue again. The new motor comes with a pretty good warranty. Are you thinking there could be something else?