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07-12-2006 #1
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Broken piston skirts
Has anyone ever found broken pieces off the piston skirts in an oil pan? We are doing an oil pan gasket on a 305, and low and behold, inside are pieces of metal. Looking up at the crank assembly, they are pieces off of the pistons, at the bottom part of the skirt. The engine seemed to run fairly balanced, so I really dont think there is much affect, however! Is this a normal thing, cause its new to me.
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07-13-2006 #2
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Really? Is it a stock rotating assembly or stroker? How many miles? Seems like those pistons may be really loose in the bore and it's breaking the skirts.
definitely NOT a good thing any way you shake it.
07-13-2006 #3
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That's a common result from not letting the engine warm up before hammering it. Or like mentioned above, piston to wall was too loose to begin with.
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Or detonation
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07-13-2006 #5
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I feel bad for the kid. Not knowing any better he was told it was a fresh 350. Chasing numbers indicate 305. It gets the 70 chevy c30 down the road nicely. It ran great, just leaked oil, hence the gasket.
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