Repair combustion chamber and piston top
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Repair combustion chamber and piston top
I had a foreign object (carb vent tube) fall into the engine and enter two cylinders. The damage is confined to dings on the top of the piston (forged) and head combustion chamber (aluminum). My question is can the dings be ground and polished down? If so, what would be the recommended procedure and tools? Thank you.
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Depending on exactly how much any grinding/polishing it will be removing materiel. The end result is change of cylinder volume/compression ratio.
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Depending on exactly how much any grinding/polishing it will be removing materiel. The end result is change of cylinder volume/compression ratio.
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Get a port and polish kit and it will clean up fine with that. I would pull the pistons on those cylinders and check the ring lands and make sure the rings move free and check the valves to make sure they did not get bent.
Good luck i hope it turns out well for you.
Robert Fla.
Good luck i hope it turns out well for you.
Robert Fla.
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IMHO; I'd replace the affected pistons, smooth out the heads, CC the affected/smoothed chambers, and match the rest of the good chambers on both heads. CR will be a tad less but all the cylinders will be the same.
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Originally Posted by wazup
Get a port and polish kit and it will clean up fine with that. I would pull the pistons on those cylinders and check the ring lands and make sure the rings move free and check the valves to make sure they did not get bent.
Good luck i hope it turns out well for you.
Robert Fla.
Good luck i hope it turns out well for you.
Robert Fla.
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