56594, RE: Not piston slap - just melty
Posted by DarkOne, Dec-31-69 06:00 PM
>I'm going to chalk it all up to simple overheating caused
>by the head gasket leak. The heat probably expanded the
>piston, and crushed the rings.
Yeap. Unfortunate, but live and learn, i guess.
>I would REALLY like to know why just the wrist pin ends melted
>so drastically though. That's weird.
More metal there, more expansion. That's the side that was wearing the block, no?
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