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I just cant understand it, striping down engine why cant I see much damage to the bearings, in the strainer you can see quite a bit of copper and I would say about the same amount has been cleaned from sump, where has it all come from, bearings 3-4 are wore but it is just not enough, the crank has burn marks which can be repaired as it isn't scored, I was expected something with more damage for the amount of copper fillings and the noise the engine made from video..
Any suggestions where its come from

Presumably a regrind and a new set of shells will sort that out?

Chris.

Yes crank can be reground.
Closer image of bearings 3-4

I can believe that noise and all that copper from those big ends bearings they are in awful shape I would get those journals miked up too, 5 & 6 rod journal dont look healthy from here

I have opened my Accusump and it is a piece of cake. You can´t really damage the O-rings unless you are extremely careless. With that much crap I would clean everything, remove the oil gallery plugs etc and double check that it is really 100 % clean.

As for the crank, looks like it needs a regrind.

BISH V8 wrote:

Must agree that there seems to be more swarf in there than just two failed big end shells.
Have you checked the cam bearings?

If you have taken those BE's shells down to the backing steel I am not surprised by that amount of material.