Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) Just pulled head...may have problem

[JBlackwell]

Just had time to pull the head a few minutes ago. I think there may be a problem on #6 piston. I don't know for sure, I need your guys' opinions. It sure is oilly. I guess cause the gasket may have been leaking for a while. Truck has 210K and I believe it has never been touched. Anyways check it out. Still trying to get the resolutiuon down on the other pics. Look at my gallery.



Justin

 

[DF5152]

has that piston been eaten away or it just the way the picture looks or it carbon on the top?

 

[JBlackwell]

Naw, its carbon... I just checked. All of the walls have the cross hatches still on them. I guess the gasket was leaking internally. Glad I got the truck cheap and had the money to go ahead and pull the head to have freshened up. I will send the head to the shop hopefully this weak and that will tell the tale if it has ever been hot or not.





Justin

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

JBlackwell it looks to me like it's OK compared to the others other than having oil on it.



If you overheated a cyliner there would be metal erosion & deterioration in an injector spray pattern.



Vaughn