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[–] 31 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Friend said his car made a light "thud" noise and quit working.

The piston that's supposed to be on the right is no longer there, it was in a million pieces down in the oil pan.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    How the fuck do some of these engines get anywhere near that state

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I had a sudden hole in a piston one time, no warning just a massive amount of smoke coming from the blown out breather hose under the hood. I slapped a used piston and new injectors into it and it's still going along.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    There's 3 more, just throw in a magnetic oil pan plug and send it down the road.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Knowing him, if it didn't quit working entirely he probably would have done just that. A few months later he blew the wheel bearing on his truck and just kept driving it. I had gone over for coffee when he casually mentioned his truck was making noise when he drove so I checked and it was already grinding down on the brake caliper and two tie rods were completely toast. The thing must have steered like a shopping cart, but somehow he didn't think anything of it.

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