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VI. Component Failure Analysis
Piston
Description:
Piston Failure due to reusing a previously
cracked piston skirt.
Description:
Broken piston skirt tang due to excessive
piston to wall clearance. (Creates piston
slap sound).
Description:
Seized piston skirt due to insufficient
piston to wall clearance. (a.k.a. piston
galling).
Description:
Failed piston due to lack of oil in the
engine at the time of failure.
(Heat failure can be identified by 4 point
scoring resulting in vertical scoring on the
sides of the pin boss on both sides of the
piston.)