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Piston gone? (uh oh...) by ryan.hess

Started on	: 07-22-2003 08:42 PM
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Last post by	: ryan.hess on 07-24-2003 05:44 PM

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Report this Post07-22-2003 08:42 PM

I bought a Northstar engine, and had to share the results of the teardown.... There must have been a massive defect in the #3 piston, because... well... it's gone. Well, kinda. Take a look:

Notice one of the rings Not sure where the others went.

Oh yeah - and it punched a hole in the top part of the block, hidden by the intake manifold... I was washing off the engine outside and, "hey... there's water coming out the oil drain hole! "

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Report this Post07-22-2003 09:23 PM

Bah, nothing a bit of gaff tape and super glue wont fix.

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Report this Post07-22-2003 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by ryan.hess:

I bought a Northstar engine, and had to share the results of the teardown.... There must have been a massive defect in the #3 piston, because... well... it's gone. Well, kinda. Take a look:

Notice one of the rings Not sure where the others went.

Oh yeah - and it punched a hole in the top part of the block, hidden by the intake manifold... I was washing off the engine outside and, "hey... there's water coming out the oil drain hole! "

[This message has been edited by ryan.hess (edited 07-22-2003).]

And where was this engine bought from? Dang looks like someone ran too much nitrous.

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Report this Post07-22-2003 10:06 PM

It was bought from a forum member for pretty cheap... I don't know what happened, but more than likely the piston either had a defect, or it partially melted, and self-destructed.

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Report this Post07-23-2003 12:07 AM

I sold him the engine, but I honestly didn't know what it was like internally. Still, makes me feel bad.

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Report this Post07-23-2003 12:09 AM

ryan,
well you can always go for the FIRST 7cyl. eng in a Fiero

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Report this Post07-24-2003 05:22 PM

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ryan,
well you can always go for the FIRST 7cyl. eng in a Fiero

Ha... I could. I found the rest of the piston underneath the intake manifold, and upon closer inspection, the connecting rod is bent like 15 degrees. Just insane...

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