I smoked one but still don't know exactly what happened. Still ran but on 5 sillys. Kept pourin oil in it cause I had to get home ( about 100 miles) oh and uhhhh pullin a boat. Engine still ran but was blowin oil out of the passenger side front just below the head. Still got it on a stand. No time to investigate but keepin it for a future project. The new to me motor (1 year old w/50+k) is doin well.

My engine "problem" was pilot error. I dogged it and my oil changes were not routine by any means.......still kinda aren't but I guess since I now know how to swap an engine with a basic Craftsman tool set, rock on!

So I say show us some pics give some details and then maybe we will better understand where you are coming from with this.