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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread Coolant in oil.Not a bad idea, might give it a shot
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread Coolant in oil.You actually just gave me advice on this thing a couple weeks ago haha, it was the one with the rust in the cylinders that I honed out...
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread Coolant in oil.Well wasn't the oil cooler, it's a solid stream straight outta the pan once the rad is about half full. Also took the water pump off to...
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VHey everyone, so I recently finished rebuilding and installing a 1988 7.3idi into my truck. Engine fires up and runs no problem, but as...
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VI don't think it is. Sure. There's no problems with that. A hone has a much coarser grit than that.
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.Yeah that first picture concerns me a little, thinking it might be cavitation but I didn't see any holes and can't feel anything there...
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.These are in the parts engine, do any of these look beyond saving to you guys? I can't feel any of the rust running my fingers over it...
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.Yeah i don't really feel like dumping a ton of money into this engine, there's a few things I've found inside that I'm not super happy...
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.Well I THINK I've found the culprit. Pulled all the pistons, all looked pretty much new except for rear-most passenger cylinder, believe...
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.I guess the right word would've been bore. I won't be around the engine til tomorrow, but I'm gonna take that piston out, check the...
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.I'll take a better picture tomorrow, didn't realize how useless that picture was until I went to post it
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.I guess it depends on how out of round it is, since the 7.3 has such thin walls but is that something that could be honed out?
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.Will do, thank you for the tips. Is the bore being out of round a huge deal or just excess oil consumption and lowered compression if...
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.It almost feels like a dent right in the top of the bore and there is kind of a wash mark on top of it, but no scratches that I can feel
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Vvanillavanwinkle replied to the thread 7.3 knock.Yeah just bad lighting, sorry the picture is kinda not great lol. But some coolant got in there when I was taking the head off and...
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