Do you think it might have been stinking hot before it failed Mat ? Softened the pistons.
intrade,
Dec 27, 8:42pm
#52 i can tell you the german engine re-builders and germans are ultra accurate They said it can punch holes in pistons with vaves. because if nothing else gives there will be holes .logic would tell something has to give. that's the website https://www.redhead-zylinderkopftechnik.de/ think german only
mechnificent,
Dec 27, 8:57pm
Mostly the valves bend or the rockers break, and I dare say that probably even the camshaft could lift off. but I've never seen a hole through a piston from a valve. I've seen valve heads stuck right into the head or piston, but never a hole through a piston, not even on a petrol, not even I don't recall on a motorbike.
mechnificent,
Dec 27, 8:58pm
Not even on a subaru !
mechnificent,
Dec 27, 9:00pm
I have seen holes through pistons, but it was always holes blown through heat softened metal.
mechnificent,
Dec 27, 9:01pm
Diesels can burn holes through pistons. Diesels can burn holes through cast iron.
redhead18,
Dec 28, 12:54am
budgel harmonic balancer on the front pulley? rubber dead outer ring move and shred belt. CHECK. Okies
saki,
Dec 28, 12:19pm
What a load of bollocks.
budgel,
Oct 5, 6:15am
Thanks, but no. On these engines the belt doesnt go around the crankshaft, just the cam and the injector pump.
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