Brett_jjj
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We spent a few more hours on it again today. The engine is now out of the car. I pulled both heads and found the piston on the drivers side front cylinder still ok, so I dont know why its spark plug was flattened, but the passenger side front cylinder was a different story. The conrod and piston pin are sitting on the bottom of the sump somewhere, I might find them tomorrow when I remove the sump for a better look. The cylinder wall in that front cylinder unbelieveably was left unmarked, no scoring at all, which I couldnt believe. Usually it makes a huge mess of the bore/block when something like this happens. Also the head didnt cop much of a beating either, the valve(s) have obviously hit the broken piston, the valves would have to be slightly bent, but you could never tell just from looking at it by eye alone-see pic. I will now get the other engine back together and get it re installed over the next few days, I can only hope everything goes just as well as it has so far. The third pic is pretty much excactly how I found the piston sitting in the cylinder when I lifted off the head.
Some of the pics are a bit dodgy, took these lot with a phone camera.
Some of the pics are a bit dodgy, took these lot with a phone camera.
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