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no thats one of the millions things that went wrong with that engine. a lot of it was the poor rebuilding done by the mechanic, but the spun bearing was caused by sand and oil starvation. I didn't know about how bad of shape the engine was in until about a month after the install when the bearing started making noise and a mix of sand and oil came out of the engine when we drained the oil.
The engine didn't last until the first oil change so many things must've contributed to the early failure. No the oil wasn't the only cause but the was my first experience with synthetic and it scared me away. i had hard time keeping the oil level up to proper levels "i needed a liter of oil every fill up of gas", the engine leaked like a MF'er. In the mean while the mechanic wouldn't honour the warranty because i was in the middle of a lawsuite against the shop for the leaks and poor quality of work.