discomania
Well-Known Member
If there is a gouge out the block then it needed force, a fair bit of force to damage it. You say it didn't turn over when you went to start it so that sounds to me like the con rod broke while the engine was running and thats when the gouging took place, the engine was able to overcome the forces but not the starter. I would have expected the engine to run rough and noisey but stranger things have happened, maybe it was and you didn't notice if it wasn't too bad.