Well, if I dare to joke a bit.
"Its very easy, just look at the lifters, and they should have a convex surface, nice and smoth."
Those lifters is not only beeing concave but shorter!
Soul C...
Can someone please explain how the piston-pins could get stuck in the pistons i can hardly turn the piston on the rods.If something has been grinding it should be more loose not tighter ?!
No, if the piston is press fitted into the small end, the only sliding surface is between aluminium and steel. If not oiled aluminium gets stuck to steel and the alu-surface brakes loose and gets in between the play. The process accelerate as the engine run, and the pin gets stuck in a mess of aluminium.
Goran Malmberg
[This message has been edited by hemip (edited 07-20-2004).]
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