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Lars

posted on 31/1/10 at 08:55 AM Reply With Quote
What happened here

For those that remember my problem with the 1.7diesel astra (which now has a new engine), I removed the old engine to see if it can be fixed.
I took the head of yesterday and saw this
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I looks like the piston has foamed up.
It is not just something on it, but this seems to be the piston, as its height is always below that of number 1 piston (this is number 4)

Can t

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posted on 31/1/10 at 09:15 AM Reply With Quote
Looks like it may have got a wee bit warm.
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MakeEverything

posted on 31/1/10 at 09:43 AM Reply With Quote
^^Ditto. Looks like its got warm, and melted the crown of the piston.

Never seen it like this though. Could it be some sort of chemical reaction? Would be interesting to take the piston out and try and scrape it off.





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miikae

posted on 31/1/10 at 09:45 AM Reply With Quote
I have heard that leaky injectors can causing this type of problem but apart from that i dont realy know, certainly got hot though.





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