ol' slant is dead... need help!

I'm confused because I don't understand how this happened. I saw all those commercials where they drained the oil and water out of a slant six, sprayed water in the crankcase and yet it never blew up. Add to that the legions of people that say the slant six is the toughest engine there is and I don;t see how a little overheating blew it up.

All sarcasm aside, I've seen about 4 of those suckers start knocking and one of those throw a rod. They have a long stroke which stresses bearings, so they are not indestructible. I like them, but I think a 318 is longer-lived with equivalent maintenance.

If it's knocking you'll have to pull it and rebuild it. Not difficult or expensive but unavoidable if a bearing went. That or drop in another high-mileage(and they are all high mileage by now) engine.