more good times,
how bad is this piston for a daily driver 292?
looks like somebody dropped something down the hole a good while back. piston walls are not scraped up at all and valves are good. I hit it with the paint eater to knock the carbon off, was completely covered before. each dot is about the size of a BB.
let me know, ...run with it?, ...replace it?
-eugene
WOW! I've seen a lot of piston damage over the years, never like that. Can you get out what looks like an embedded piece of something? All most looks like a ball bearing type check ball from a carb?
I wouldn't run it that way, total failure eventually will cost you much more.
Yep, carb check ball. Tap-tapped it a bit, fell through to the crank. Dont know how it was still in there. Now looking for a piston.
-eugene
I would not take a chance with re using that piston, if its cast (most likely is), good chance its cracked, also very good chance the ring lands got squished down, pinching the ring.
I have some used stock pistons in case you want one. John
Sounds pretty good John, sent you PM.