Hello fellow land cruisers!
Looking for a little guidance for a very unfortunate situation I have on my hands.
Did the tune up for a week ago, and when I started it it was all rattly. I shut it off right away thought maybe I had firing order wrong, but that was right, started it again and it kinda made weird rattling noise and started smoking as i was shutting it off again.
I got the skinny camera out and checked all the cylinders, and turns out #5 piston has a hole and some dents. Got the head off last night, the bottom side for cylinder 5 is destroyed.
I am fortunate enough to have another engine out of the same year, somewhat unknown condition. Story goes it needs rings.
So, my question is: obviously I need to replace the head, what about the single piston? From what I've read there's three different diameter ones, so crossing my fingers the other engine I have has the same diameter ones. If it does, what is the consensus on swapping a piston over?
I know you're all wondering what the holes from. It either disintegrated, or is in the oil pan, which I haven't pulled the oil pan off yet. Looks like it was some small screw or something. I didn't hear or see anything while I was doing the plugs. What the hell are the odds of a screw falling in that tiny little spark plug hole, and making it through the even smaller hole in the bottom!! Who knew one screw could cost so much....... ow
Looking for a little guidance for a very unfortunate situation I have on my hands.
Did the tune up for a week ago, and when I started it it was all rattly. I shut it off right away thought maybe I had firing order wrong, but that was right, started it again and it kinda made weird rattling noise and started smoking as i was shutting it off again.
I got the skinny camera out and checked all the cylinders, and turns out #5 piston has a hole and some dents. Got the head off last night, the bottom side for cylinder 5 is destroyed.
I am fortunate enough to have another engine out of the same year, somewhat unknown condition. Story goes it needs rings.
So, my question is: obviously I need to replace the head, what about the single piston? From what I've read there's three different diameter ones, so crossing my fingers the other engine I have has the same diameter ones. If it does, what is the consensus on swapping a piston over?
I know you're all wondering what the holes from. It either disintegrated, or is in the oil pan, which I haven't pulled the oil pan off yet. Looks like it was some small screw or something. I didn't hear or see anything while I was doing the plugs. What the hell are the odds of a screw falling in that tiny little spark plug hole, and making it through the even smaller hole in the bottom!! Who knew one screw could cost so much....... ow