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sl_poser411@hotmail.com - 22 Aug 2006 07:05 GMT

How can you tell if you broke a piston or not?? Other than taking the
engine apart....

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Ralf Ballis - 22 Aug 2006 08:54 GMT

> How can you tell if you broke a piston or not?? Other than taking the
> engine apart....

Exactly what kind of broke?
One check for noise the other check for compression.
You may use an endoscope to take a look through the spark plug hole into a
cylinder. This method they use to check valves inner sides and pistons.

Regards,

Ralf

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Al Bundy - 22 Aug 2006 13:21 GMT

> > How can you tell if you broke a piston or not?? Other than taking the
> > engine apart....
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> Erfinder des Abgasturboladers Dr. Alfred J. Büchi: "Die Abgase,
> deren noch inne-wohnende Energie bis dahin vergeudet wurde ..."

And if you have a hole in the oil pan or the side of the block, shine a
flashlight right through that hole.

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ray - 22 Aug 2006 15:02 GMT

> How can you tell if you broke a piston or not?? Other than taking the
> engine apart....

usually the engine stops running.
often accompanied by a loud bang.
try draining the oil. If you have large chunks of stuff in it, you may
be the lucky owner of a very heavy doorstop.

<sigh>
So, what did you do to mom's car?

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