lil bit of carnage
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well a few weeks ago i was driving around in the truck, just got the 6.0/80e in, already had the mp70 front mount done. hammered it one last time before i went home and something didn't sound right, let off and it started rattling BAD, engine stalled so i towed it home. number 7 plug looked bad, cracked the piston..pics below. sucks cause this thing is such a blast to drive
time for forged pistons
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what else should i take pics of? as far i can tell this was the only damage, i pulled the broke piston/rod out and the one next to it. cylinders look fine but the piston next to it had a broken ring when i pulled it out. little bits of aluminum stuck in the combustion chamber and somehow a few chunks of the slug ended up in the #8 cylinder... as far as the pistons cracking i think i know why. when i pulled the head off the first thing i saw before the piston was the head gasket, the front was on the back![Bang Head](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
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im guessing it cut off coolant to the back cylinder. don't know how that got by me but it did and i feel like a real dumbass
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Originally Posted by 03sierraslt
Maybe I am having a brain lapse but why are the pistons flycut like that? With opposing valve reliefs..
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I understand now what I was seeing in the first pic. It was the reflection in the cylinder wall making the piston look much higher in the bore, and the missing part looked like some weird machining mark.
Your mention of the blocked coolant might be getting us closer to an answer for the notorious #7 damage.
Your mention of the blocked coolant might be getting us closer to an answer for the notorious #7 damage.
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the first pic with the gasket on there is the way it looked when i pulled the head. the gasket is supposed to be reversed, you can see the coolant passages in the gasket that were supposed to be in the back next to #7.