Saveable Block
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Saveable Block
OK so I lost a cylinder due to a bad injector. It melted the piston and the exhuast valve. I honed out the cylinder and removed all the aluminum build up.
Now I have three scores that i can barely catch a nail on. Can I get a couple opinions on this as far as life, blowby, resealing in time and saveable??
Now I have three scores that i can barely catch a nail on. Can I get a couple opinions on this as far as life, blowby, resealing in time and saveable??
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Thanks John, I dodn't think sleeves where an option if they where this engine would be the best ever!!! I work on tractor trailer rigs and when they drop a valve and destroy a cylinder I just pop out the sleeve and put in a new one and piston and head and they are off again for another million miles! I honed it down to two scratches maybe .010 deep can't grab it with a finger nail but you can see it! Due to money constraints I'm gonna have to run it and see how bad the blowby is. Call it an experiment in cummins resiliency!
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Both sleeves and oversize pistons are an option on the ISB. Just depends on how bad the damage is and how far you want to push the performance.
If you can get a good hone cross hatch run it with the grooves and see what happens. You might be surprised how well it will work.
If you can get a good hone cross hatch run it with the grooves and see what happens. You might be surprised how well it will work.
Last edited by cerberus60; 03-26-2010 at 08:34 AM.
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