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| Damaged Piston |
It's been quite a while since my last post after our return from Vancouver and I thought you might be interested in knowing what happened to engine # 1, the one I replaced at the beginning of our trip. I had always thought that it was a blown headgasket. Well, it was partly a headgasket, it didn't blow out, but it was leaking water. The leaking water caused the engine to over heat and while doing so the, it washed oil off the wall of # 4 cylinder which caused the piston to get overheated and seriously damaged. In retrospect it was a good decision to replace the engine rather than try to fix it on the road. In addition to the piston failure, I also found some slight damage to the babbitt on the rods and the rear main. The only option was to have the block rebored and have the bearings redone.
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| Damaged Cylinder Bore |
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| Block ready for the machine shop |
