Bent rod, very little damage.

[lmorris]

Other than some slight scraping on the bottom of the piston, there was no other damage to the engine.

[mrbudge]

I know you know this, but check the exhaust valves for cracking. The engine we did with a bent rod ended up being a long block because of that, and it had no miles on it. Our rod was also bent sideways, cocked the piston in the bore and scuffed it up.

[Aaron]

Sooo... What's Ford telling you the fix is?

[Aaron]

Hang a rod and piston in it and ship it?

[Brad Clayton]

You not paying attention or what? They all get long blocks!

[lmorris]

This was caused by a bad injector. No pistons available, so we are short blocking it.