Piston wear
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LykoiSenior Member
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Piston wear
Well, the deeper I go the more i find. I can't find a mark or scratch in the cylinder, but this wear is pretty obvious.
I've decided to replace the piston, but i figured I'd throw up the pictures as I'm still not sure what caused this… My bet is carbon is the culprit as most anything else would show on the cylinder wall or the heads.
(cylinder 5)
88T.... needs assembly -
260DETSenior Member
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CarelessSenior Member
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^ agreed. it would be visible on the walls if it was after the fact. although aluminum is much softer than cast iron bores- they would still show scuffing at the very least. -
Shuman47Senior Member
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The pistons in my spare engine all had similar wear. The cylinder walls were clearly worn as well. Do your other pistons have wear like that? -
LykoiSenior Member
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Shuman47 wrote: The pistons in my spare engine all had similar wear. The cylinder walls were clearly worn as well. Do your other pistons have wear like that?88T.... needs assembly -
Shuman47Senior Member
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NissanEgg wrote: I say it's piston slap. My Z had that issue. Ticking noise when cold and then would clear up when warm. Skirts of the pistons were pretty worn when I removed them.