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> Dropped intake seat, Made a mess.
rjames
post Mar 16 2023, 03:38 PM
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Agree that a wideband sensor is important, especially with all of the rebuilt MPSs out there that may not have been calibrated for the engine they are being used with.

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post Mar 16 2023, 10:08 PM
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How do the other cylinders look? It's possible that just one hole had a clogged injector or something that caused that pinging but it's unlikely. I think it's just the valve seat falling out and the resulting carnage that caused all that piston damage. Detonation erosion that I've seen usually shows up in the ring lands and sometimes gets so bad that you can see the top piston ring with the head off because the piston wore away.

What's the head look like? Is the exhaust valve burned?

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post Mar 20 2023, 10:17 AM
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Pulled it apart and this is what we found, remember this is an original 2.0 head on 96mm pistons In a motor I’ve been running a long time.
- no lean condition. The pistons in 1/2/3 look slightly rich, plugs the right colour, no signs of stress on piston tops, valves, rings.
- lifter rod was smashed on end, enough material removed to shorten rod by half inch.
- we assume the seat worked loose and then bounced around for many miles (perhaps I should have been listening!) before finally resting on angle and smashing piston top
- we assume material from seat and piston caused the piston top pitting prior to landing on angle, this explains the metal condition.
- no metal in crankcase
- number four liter and cam lobe “scuffed” due to piston contact. We will replace all internals
New Build:
- we have 039 heads from Jonathan at AA (would love to have them… but don’t have the budget for Ken’s $5k heads). 78mm crank counterweighted, 96 pistons, stock rods, everything balanced including flywheel and alternator.

Thank you everyone for questions, comment, opinion and advice on all of the above.

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post Mar 20 2023, 07:18 PM
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Dayum! That's a crazy failure.
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post Mar 20 2023, 07:38 PM
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Lean, detonation evidence on the other cylinder.
When you get it redone, you must address A/F mixture and timing issues
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post Mar 20 2023, 10:05 PM
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That looks depressingly familiar.

Could be caused by heat as well.

If so, the other intake seats are likely getting ready to do the same thing. (Don't ask how I know that.)

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