Yawn, open eyes, flick nerdbox on, check mail.
Oh BUGGA
. Not what I wanted to see before breakfast.
Trevor did mention dropping the sump off a while back. Quite obvious now, big end gone, piston flung up to kiss valve. Just because oil returns to the tank it may not have been through the crank first. I'll now put money on a chocker block sludge trap.
Commiserations Brucie, but like I said at least it didn't stop with a bang.
Cheers