>>Right what caused this. The engine builders could not find any incidence of cooking the motor or other shoddy servicing. The damage has been caused to the bottom end of the pistons. Maybe those gudgeon pins walking may have started it off. Ray, My guess would be that the dealer who serviced it cracked the pistons while repairing the heads. Its not hard to crack the ends of the pistons, for example if you were to rotate the engine with the sleeves off but the pistons still attached, they could easily get hung up on the side of the case and crack. Chris 86 Westy |
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