I had a low oil condition which remained undiscovered for about a week - just general bimbling about. I topped the engine up as soon as I found out. About a week later I did a full oil and filter change 24 hrs prior to running at Santa Pod. There were no indications of any issues. I did the full day - without issue. Went to the pub, watched James Clancy's 855 being carted off with a holed gearbox casing. I was 3 miles shy of the M1, with Smithy onboard (due to James's lack of gearbox) when a noise started to eminate from under the bonnet. Got recovered back - shell bearing on #2 had completely disintegrated. Cause was never positively identified. 2.4 is not an option because I already had the internals and I wasn't going to throw it all away. That was 6 months ago.
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