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940SE Saga continues

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posted by  john sargent on  Thu Apr 21 17:20 CST 2005
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My son melted piston 3 in a 1991 B230FT, with 15 psi of boost on regular gas. It looked like this from the top:



When the same piston was pulled, it looked like this:



The cylinder was worn (burnt?) beyond boring for the second piston oversize. I threw the engine away and installed another junk yard engine. The cylinder could have been sleeved, but I took the cheap way out.

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New 940SE Saga continues
posted by  Jerry Warren  on Thu Apr 21 16:26 CST 2005 >


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